Authorities were investigating Monday after a Memphis police officer and another person were shot to death at a hotel in the middle of the city's entertainment district filled with people celebrating Independence Day. In a news release, police said a suspect was in custody and he was hospitalised due to non-critical injuries sustained during his arrest.
Police Director Toney Armstrong says Officer Timothy Warren, a patrol officer with the department since 2003, died at Regional Medical Center after the shooting. Warren was among several officers responding to a call at the Doubletree Hotel around 7 pm. Sunday. A civilian victim, who had not yet been positively identified, was also shot and pronounced dead at the scene in what officials said started as a domestic dispute. Armstrong has been director of Memphis police department for just a couple months.
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