Mississippi Division of Public Security
A Mississippi veterinarian shot and killed two cops who had been doing a welfare test on her, earlier than killing herself Wednesday, the Mississippi Division of Public Security mentioned.
Amy Brogdon Anderson, a 43-year-old Ocean Springs resident, was parked within the lot of a Motel 6 with a baby within the backseat when Bay St. Louis Police Officer Brandon Estorffe and Sgt. Steven Robin approached her at about 4:30 a.m.
The officers spoke to her for about half an hour earlier than issues escalated as they referred to as youngster protecting providers, investigators mentioned. Anderson then pulled a gun out and commenced taking pictures, killing Robin and herself on the scene. Estorffe, 23, died shortly after from his accidents.
Particulars on the kid haven’t been disclosed.
“I'm heartbroken by this horrible lack of two courageous legislation enforcement officers,” Gov. Tate Reeves mentioned in an announcement. “I'm praying for his or her household, associates, their fellow officers, and your complete Bay St. Louis group.”
Anderson studied diet and dietetics on the College of Southern Mississippi earlier than getting her diploma in veterinary drugs at Mississippi State College, in keeping with the Solar Herald. She went on to work at Vicksburg Animal Hospital, the place her father had additionally been a veterinarian.
“I needed to be a veterinarian since I used to be sufficiently old to know what it was,” she informed The Vicksburg Publish in 2005.
Police are nonetheless investigating the taking pictures and have set a press convention for Thursday to supply extra particulars, in keeping with the Mississippi Division of Public Security.