2 Indiana officers shot, suspect dead after gunfire exchange

MITCHELL, Ind. (AP) — Police say two southern Indiana law enforcement officers were shot and wounded early Sunday during an exchange of gunfire with a suspect who fled a traffic stop on foot and fired at officers before he was fatally shot. Sgt. John Perrine of Indiana State Police says both officers were flown to a hospital in Indianapolis, where they were in stable condition with injuries that are not life-threatening. He says the man who fired at officers was pronounced dead at a local hospital. The shooting occurred after 3:15 a.m. in the Lawrence County city of Mitchell about 75 miles southwest of Indianapolis. The wounded officers were a Lawrence County Sheriff’s deputy and a Mitchell police officer.