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Police Officer Horren Tyler was shot and killed during a tactical operation at a home on Terrapin Hill Road North in Brandon, Mississippi. A man armed with a rifle and handgun, and wearing a bulletproof vest, had broken into the home at about 1:20 a.m. and took two women hostage. As Brandon Police Department officers arrived at the scene, one of the women was able to escape, but the second remained a hostage. Negotiators were able to arrange for the release of the hostage, but the man remained in the home. At approximately 6:00 p.m., he opened fire on officers, critically wounding an officer with the Brandon Police Department. The Madison Police Department's Special Response Team responded to the scene as part of a mutual aid request, as negotiators continued to have the man surrender. The man opened fire on officers a second time at about 9:30 a.m., and Officer Tyler was mortally wounded. The subject was also killed in the exchange. Officer Tyler had served with the Madison Police...