HORN LAKE, Miss. — An apparent road rage incident ended in a stabbing and deadly shooting outside a store in Mississippi.
One man approached the other, pulled out a knife and stabbed the other near the neck, according to investigators.
According to Horn Lake police, two men were involved in an apparent road rage incident near Hurt Road and Goodman Street around 4 p.m. Tuesday.
Police said they then drove west on Goodman and pulled into the Walgreens parking lot.
At that point, police said the man who had been stabbed pulled out a gun and shot the alleged stabber. That man was struck at least once in the chest.
Police said that man – who has not been identified – was pronounced dead at the scene.
According to police in Memphis, Tennessee, the man who was stabbed in the incident was an off-duty Memphis police officer.
Police said the off-duty officer was a “victim in this incident,” so they are not releasing the officer’s identity.
He was taken to Regional One hospital in critical condition.
Horn Lake police continue to investigate the incident.