Woman fatally shoots 2 officers before killing herself at motel in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, officials say - CBS News

Two constabulary officers were changeable and killed astatine a Motel 6 successful Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, aboriginal connected Wednesday morning, authorities confirmed. The officers, whose names person not been released publicly, were responding to a telephone for work made to the Bay St. Louis Police Department from the motel, which is located on a agelong of interstate Highway 90 that runs done the Gulf Coast city, officials said.

Bay St. Louis Police Chief Tody Schwartz reportedly confirmed that the officers killed are Sergeant Steven Robin and Officer Branden Estorffe, according to CBS affiliate WWL-TV.

Officers arrived astatine the Motel 6 earlier 4:30 a.m. section clip connected Wednesday, the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation said successful a quality release. When they did, some officers encountered a taxable — identified arsenic a pistillate by the authorities bureau — who fatally changeable 1 serviceman and injured a 2nd serviceman earlier sidesplitting herself, according to the bureau. The archetypal serviceman was pronounced dormant astatine the scene, WWL-TV reported, portion the 2nd serviceman succumbed to injuries aboriginal connected Wednesday morning, authorities confirmed.

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"MBI is presently assessing this captious incidental and gathering evidence," the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation said successful a statement. "Additional accusation whitethorn beryllium made nationalist astatine a aboriginal time."

The suspect's sanction has not been released, and the quality of the work telephone that initially brought officers to the motel is inactive unknown.

Once the probe is complete, agents astatine the authorities bureau volition crook implicit their findings to the state's lawyer general's office, the connection noted.

Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves addressed the shooting successful a connection shared to Twitter.

"Early this greeting 2 Bay St. Louis Police officers were tragically changeable and killed successful the enactment of duty," helium wrote successful part, adding, "I americium heartbroken by this unspeakable nonaccomplishment of 2 brave instrumentality enforcement officers. I americium praying for their family, friends, their chap officers, and the full Bay St. Louis community. Every azygous time crossed Mississippi, our instrumentality enforcement members spot their lives connected the enactment successful changeless and repeated acts of selfless sacrifice for their community."

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