A press conference in Jackson, Mississippi confirms that both a cop and a murder suspect are dead. The incident occurred after the suspect was brought into police custody for questioning.
By Hasani Gittens and Ian Johnston, NBC News
A police officer and a murder suspect were shot dead as the accused man was being questioned in the police headquarters in Jackson, Miss., on Thursday.
The incident began when cops brought the suspect to the headquarters building downtown Thursday afternoon, Jackson Police Chief Rebecca Coleman said.
?He was being interviewed on the third floor of the police department,? Coleman said. ?Later we heard that ? shots had been fired and upon our arrival we found the suspect is deceased and we have a police officer that?s deceased."
Greg Jenson / The Clarion-Ledger via AP
Jackson, Miss. Assistant Chief Lee Vance, center left, comforts Chief Rebecca Coleman, center right, on Thursday after detective Eric Smith was shot and killed inside the Jackson Police Department. A suspect was also killed.
The shooting happened at about 5:40 p.m. local time (6:40 p.m. ET).
NBC station WLBT reported said the officer who was killed was identified by police as Eric Smith, a homicide detective who was married to a fellow Jackson Police Department officer. They have two children.
The station said that Smith had testified in many high-profile murder cases in Jackson, including one in which former Jackson police colleague Natyyo Gray was convicted of killing his 1-year-old daughter.
The murder suspect was named as Jeremy Powell, 23, who was accused of murdering a 20-year-old man who was found stabbed to death on Monday.
WLBT said that after the shooting dozens of Jackson police officers could be seen crying and consoling each other around the building.
This story was originally published on Thu Apr 4, 2013 8:31 PM EDT
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