Memphis shooting leaves 2 police officers, suspect wounded
TN officers were responding to call of person with gun at convenience store when shooting occurred
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Two Memphis police officers and a suspect were wounded in a shooting during a foot chase in the city, authorities said.
The shooting occurred after officers responded to a report of a person with a gun at a convenience store shortly before 7:30 p.m. Thursday, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said in a statement.
The two officers and the suspect, who was outside the business before the chase began, were hospitalized in critical condition following the shooting in the Whitehaven neighborhood, authorities said.
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The bureau on Friday identified the suspect as Charles Williams II, 47, and said he has been charged with attempted second-degree murder and aggravated assault.
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Williams will be booked into jail after he is released from the hospital, the bureau said. It was not immediately clear if he had a lawyer to comment on the charges Friday.