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Mississippi officer killed after standoff, suspect dead

Three state troopers with the SWAT team were wounded in the shootout and taken to area hospitals.


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A Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics law enforcement officer assigned to a SWAT team was killed early Saturday after an hours-long standoff in rural north Mississippi ended in gunfire, authorities said.

Officials said James Lee Tartt, 44, of Grenada, was killed in the line of duty in the standoff situation at a home near the town of Iuka in Tishomingo County. Three state troopers with the SWAT team were wounded in the shootout and taken to area hospitals. More...

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