An Officer Was Wounded and a Suspect Killed in Gunfire in Tennessee City, Police Say

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — An alternate of gunfire close to a fuel station in a southeastern Tennessee metropolis ended with a suspect shot and killed, and a police officer being wounded, authorities stated on Saturday.

Chattanooga Police Division officers had been conducting a avenue crime-related element Friday night earlier than 10 p.m. once they encountered a suspect, information retailers reported. Throughout the cease, there was an alternate of gunfire.

The 34-year-old suspect died, Chattanooga police stated, whereas the officer was handled at a hospital and later launched. Their names weren’t instantly supplied by police on Saturday.

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is now overseeing the probe into what occurred, which is normal protocol for a deadly capturing involving an officer.

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