MEMPHIS, Tenn. (December 14, 2012)--One officer was killed and another was wounded in a shooting early Friday during a drug raid in Memphis, Tenn.
Memphis Police Chief Toney Armstrong said officers went to a home in east Memphis early Friday to serve a drug-related search warrant.
He said a suspect opened fire, striking officers Martoiya Lang and William Vromah.
Armstrong said officers returned fire, striking a suspect.
Armstrong said Lang died of her injuries and Vromah, who was struck multiple times, was in stable condition at the Regional Medical Center.
Lang, 32, was a mother of four children.
Details on the condition and identify of the suspect were not immediately released.
Armstrong said a second person in the home was taken into custody, but no charges have yet been filed.