Off-Duty Detroit Officer Fatally Shot After Wounding 2 Fellow Officers, Chief Says

Off-Duty Detroit Officer Fatally Shot After Wounding 2 Fellow Officers, Chief Says
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DETROIT—Two Detroit police officers have been wounded after coming under gunfire from an off-duty officer who threatened suicide and later was fatally shot.

Police Chief James White told reporters that the off-duty officer had been struggling with a mental health crisis and that the officers who were wounded had arrived in response to a 911 call Monday afternoon.