A state SWAT team was summoned and was forcing its way into the house when the gunfire erupted, Wilemon said. He was part of the SWAT team that responded to the home.
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Approximately 5:15 p.m., Friday, February 19, Tishomingo County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a domestic situation at a residence at 231 CR 201.
Killed were 44-tear-old MS narcotics agent James Lee Tartt and suspected gunman Charles Lee Lambert, who was 45.
A standoff between a man and law enforcement near Iuka ended early Saturday with the man and an officer dead and three other officers wounded by gunshots. Multiple police agencies remained on the scene Saturday afternoon at the one-story house in sparsely populated woods in Tishomingo County. A woman and a girl who were inside the house were alive.
Tartt had been with the narcotics bureau for 16 years, according to Fox affiliate MS News Now. He also did not identify the agency for whom the deceased officer worked. Upon entry, shots were fired between the man and law enforcement officers and MBN Agent Lee Tartt and the male suspect were killed. During his time with MBN he won the 2011 MBN Agent of the Year award and received the H. Lane Caldwell Award of Valor in 2012.
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He is survived by his wife and two children, the station reported.
