A shooting at a Tennessee library on Thursday left one person dead and a police officer “critically” wounded, authorities said, according to The Associated Press.
Officers were called to the Poplar-White Station Library around 12:30 p.m., the Memphis Police Department tweeted. Both the person and the officer were shot, police said. The person was pronounced dead at the library and the officer was taken to a hospital and “remains in extremely critical condition,” police said.
According to Fox 13 in Memphis, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) said Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy asked them to investigate due to a person suspected of trespassing.
The report said that a suspect had gotten into a confrontation with another person inside the library.
As two officers approached the suspect, he pulled out a gun and shot one of the officers.