1 Officer Dead, 3 Wounded in Mississippi Shooting

This is an undated photograph released by the Mississippi Department of Public Safety shows Lee Tartt, an agent with the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics. Tartt, was killed early Saturday, Feb. 20, 2016, after a hourslong standoff in rural north Mississippi ended in gunfire, authorities said. The man suspect was killed. Tishomingo County Coroner Mack Wilemon said the gunfire came after a standoff developed at a house where police had responded to some kind of domestic disturbance Friday afternoon. Mississippi Department of Public Safety, via AP

IUKA, Mississippi—One law enforcement officer was killed and three were injured early Saturday after an hourslong standoff in rural north Mississippi ended in gunfire, authorities said.

Also killed was the man suspected of firing on the police officers.

Tishomingo County Coroner Mack Wilemon said the gunfire came after a standoff developed at a house where police had responded to some kind of domestic disturbance Friday afternoon.

A state SWAT team was summoned and was forcing its way into the house when the gunfire erupted, Wilemon said.

“They negotiated. They must have decided it wasn’t going too well. The SWAT team stormed the house,” Wilemon said.

Iuka, Mississippi. Screenshot of Google Maps