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2 Mississippi officers die in shooting

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Mississippi Bureau of Investigations officers work the scene where two Brookhaven Police Officers were shot and killed in Brookhaven, Miss., Saturday. Warren Strain of the Department of Public Safety said at a news conference that the officers were called to a house in the city of Brookhaven at about 5 a.m. for a report of shots fired. - photo by Associated Press

Mississippi Bureau of Investigations officers work the scene where two Brookhaven Police Officers were shot and killed in Brookhaven, Miss., Saturday. Warren Strain of the Department of Public Safety said at a news conference that the officers were called to a house in the city of Brookhaven at about 5 a.m. for a report of shots fired. - photo by Associated Press

BROOKHAVEN, Miss. — Two police officers were shot and killed following an early Saturday morning confrontation in Mississippi, authorities said.

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