Mississippi police officer shot in face while investigating armed robbery

Couch is on a ventilator, has lost one eye, and the bullet remains lodged in his brain, Luckett said.

AP, --February 15, 2016

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A man believed to have shot a northwest Mississippi police officer point-blank in the face was brought to the police station by his father Sunday, and police were questioning him, Clarksdale Mayor Bill Luckett said.
Luckett says police with a search warrant found "telling evidence" at the family's home. The officer, Cpl. Derrick Couch, was in critical condition at Regional One Health in Memphis, Tennessee, nursing supervisor Vivian Crawford said Sunday. More...

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