Tyrone N. Butts
APE Reporter
Officer slain in shootout
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A nine-year Jackson police officer was killed Thursday following a gun battle on a city street with a carjacking suspect who also died.
Thomas Catchings, a 41-year-old motorcycle patrol officer, died while in surgery at the University of Mississippi Medical Center.He'd lost a large amount of blood from a gunshot wound to the abdomen, Dr. Robert Schwieg said.
Omar Hampton, 18, of 5551 Shaw Road had been pronounced dead about an hour earlier at the same hospital. He was shot three times
Lots of photos at link!
A nine-year Jackson police officer was killed Thursday following a gun battle on a city street with a carjacking suspect who also died.
Thomas Catchings, a 41-year-old motorcycle patrol officer, died while in surgery at the University of Mississippi Medical Center.He'd lost a large amount of blood from a gunshot wound to the abdomen, Dr. Robert Schwieg said.
Omar Hampton, 18, of 5551 Shaw Road had been pronounced dead about an hour earlier at the same hospital. He was shot three times