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Two police officer were shot during a hostage situation that turned into a standoff in Brandon.

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The Mississippi Department of Public Safety says two police officers were shot, and one of them died, during a standoff that started after a man took a woman hostage in a home

BRANDON, Miss. (AP) — Two Mississippi police officers were shot and one died Thursday during a standoff that started as a hostage situation in a home, the state Department of Public Safety said. The suspect also was shot and killed, at the home in the Jackson suburb of Brandon, state police spokesperson Bailey Martin said in a statement.

Two Mississippi police officers were shot and one died Thursday during a standoff that started after a man took a woman hostage in a home, law enforcement agencies said.

BRANDON, Miss. (AP) — An intruder who went into a Mississippi home armed with three guns and wearing a bulletproof vest took a woman hostage and later shot two police officers, killing one and wounding the other during an eight-hour standoff Thursday that ended in his death, police said.

Brandon police Chief Wayne Dearman said the incident began about 1:45 a.m. Thursday when police received a call about a domestic incident at a home. There were two women inside, who told officers the male suspect was wearing armor and armed with a rifle.

Two police officers in Mississippi were shot, and one of them died during a lengthy standoff that began when a man took a woman hostage in a home. The suspect was fatally shot.