Suspect dead after apartment standoff in Frayser

A suspect who barricaded himself in a Frayser apartment has died after an hours-long standoff Wednesday with Memphis police officers.

Earlier Wednesday, a Memphis police officer was shot during an attempt to pick up a suspect with a warrant at the apartment. The officer is in non-critical condition.

The shooting, Memphis Police Department said, occurred in the 2800 block of Vayu Drive about 10:30 a.m. Wednesday.

The shooter barricaded himself inside the apartment and officers set up a perimeter, according to Sgt. Louis Brownlee, an MPD public information officer. He added that a crisis negotiation team assisted in negotiating the suspect's surrender.

"At 5:20 pm, after multiple failed attempts to make contact with the suspect, officers deployed smoke and a robot into the residence and located the suspect suffering from what appeared to be a self-inflicted" gun-shot wound, Brownlee said.

Officers knocked on the front door of an apartment and the door was opened by someone inside of the residence. According to MPD, a person who was in the rear of the apartment opened fire on the officers, striking one.

Police detained two suspects. Brownlee said the investigation is ongoing.

This is the fourth time a Memphis police officer has been shot since early February when Officer Geoffrey Redd was shot at the White Station library branch on Poplar Avenue.

Two other officers were shot in an altercation with a suspect in late March on E. Raines Road near Elvis Presley Boulevard. Both officers recovered.

This story is developing and will be updated.

This article originally appeared on Memphis Commercial Appeal: Memphis officer shot at Frayser apartment during a warrant pickup