MBI investigating officer-involved shooting in Jackson

Jackson, Miss. (WXX)- The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation is sharing details of an officer-involved shooting that happened in Jackson.

A Capitol Police Officer was patrolling the area of Pearl and President Streets, a security guard reporting a person was carrying a weapon around businesses on State Street.

A brief foot chase began and the person shot at the officer. The officer shot back, hitting the suspect.

That suspect was brought to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries and no officer received serious physical injury.

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