Police kill suspect during shootout

Authorities say police in northern Mississippi fatally shot a man who was suspected of killing his exgirlfriend.

Mississippi Bureau of Investigation spokesman Warren Strain said Tupelo police shot 27-year-old Lyndarius Cortez Witherspoon of Tupelo after a chase Saturday evening.

Tupelo Police Capt. Chuck McDougald told local news outlets police began to chase Witherspoon after an officer recognized his license plate from a law enforcement alert. McDougald said Witherspoon shot at police during the chase and after it ended at an apartment complex where police blocked in his vehicle.

Strain said Witherspoon was shot during a shootout with police.

Baldwyn Police Chief Troy Agnew said the alert was sent after 23-year-old Alexandra Caldwell was shot and killed earlier Saturday in Baldwyn.