JEFFERSON COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Agents with the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation (MBI) are investigating an officer-involved shooting in Jefferson County.

Bailey Martin, press secretary for the Mississippi Department of Public Safety (DPS), said officers responded to a local hospital regarding a woman suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. Officers gathered information from the victim and went to a residence on Crosby Road.

When officers arrived, they said the unidentified suspect displayed a firearm, which resulted in a shootout between the suspect and the law enforcement officers. Martin said the suspect sustained critical injuries and was transported to a nearby hospital.

According to Martin, the shooting involved Jefferson County deputies, the Mississippi Department of Wildli

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