MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WREG) — A Memphis police officer and an 18-year-old suspect are dead after an exchange of gunfire that wounded two other officers and another suspect early Friday morning, Police Chief C.J. Davis said.

The Memphis Police Department identified the officer who was killed as Joseph McKinney, who joined the department in 2020. The suspect who was killed was not identified.

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Police answered a Sept. 6 call concerning an unresponsive man on the sidewalk near Cypress Street and Yonkers Avenue, the station said

“They were incredibly professional. They were compassionate. They did everything right,” Police Benevolent Association President Keith Olson noted to WCBS.

Officers on the scene tried to convince 39-year-old Johnny McCray to sit in an ambulance — and then McCray suddenly hauled off and punched a male officer in the nose, the station said.