Officers shot in memphis

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West Memphis police searching for suspect who shot gas station clerk during robbery. Both officers were struck by gunfire. Medics then transported them to the hospital non-life-threatening injuries. Memphis Police said violent crime unit officers were working on a carjacking that involved a crash when, at Peach and Leath, several suspects got out of a red sedan and fired multiple shots at two officers, and then took off. MPD said bullet fragments were found in the officer's headrest making it a close call.

Both officer and agent are expected to fully recover. According to MPD, neither officer fired shots back. Officers arrested three suspects, but one is still on the run. FOX13 has learned the identity of the suspect who they originally believed was barricaded in an Arkansas home as a man wanted in Georgia. Dimmitt is wanted following a shooting that happened Saturday night in Marietta, according to our sister station in Atlanta.

FOX13 also learned that the Southaven police officer who was shot earlier today has been released from the hospital. Multiple police agencies from Memphis and DeSoto County are on the scene after police say a Southaven police officer was shot in South Memphis Tuesday afternoon.

The incident happened in the area of Mallory Avenue and Riverport Road just before 1 p. Still active scene. Suspect got away, believed to be in Arkansas. Police in St. Francis County, Arkansas confirmed that they believe the suspect is in the area of Palestine. They say the suspect bailed from the stolen cruiser and is somewhere in the woods nearby. The shooting occurred at a post office facility in the historic Orange Mound neighborhood, southeast of downtown Memphis.

The carrier annex is only used by employees. The street leading to the complex was blocked by police Tuesday afternoon following the shooting, and the FBI, the U.

Postal Inspection Service and other federal authorities went to investigate. Bystanders watching the police activity talked near a convenience store at an intersection. Nearby, officers had blocked the street with yellow crime scene tape and barricades. Some cars slowed down as they drove past police and reporters. The Postal Service will be providing resources to all employees at the East Lamar Carrier Annex in the coming days and weeks.

The violence follows other shootings in the Memphis area in recent weeks. The franchise owner of a sushi counter inside a Kroger grocery store in the suburb of Collierville fatally shot one person and wounded 14 others before killing himself on Sept.