A gunman was killed by police Friday after fatally taking pictures a girl exterior of an Amazon warehouse in a Mississippi city situated simply south of Memphis.

Memphis police mentioned in a press release that Corey D. Brewer, 45, was fatally shot by police at round 3:20 p.m. native time Friday throughout a visitors cease after he was noticed driving a white Honda close to Interstate 40. Brewer had earlier within the day been suspected within the taking pictures of Ebony Leshay Crockett, 44, who died on the scene exterior of the warehouse in Horn Lake, in keeping with native authorities.

"This seems to have been an remoted taking pictures incident that occurred within the worker car parking zone on the Amazon Warehouse facility," Horn Lake Police Captain Joseph Keene advised Newsweek in an electronic mail. "This was under no circumstances an energetic shooter occasion."

Whereas a motive for the taking pictures has not been launched, Crockett and Brewer knew one another via working at Amazon, in keeping with Keene.

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A gunman who shot and killed a girl exterior an Amazon warehouse in Mississippi on Friday afternoon was killed by police a short while later. Above, police tape at a criminal offense scene on this undated file picture.aijohn784/Getty Pictures

Keene mentioned officers have been dispatched round midday to the Amazon warehouse in response to a report of photographs fired. Reviews adopted quickly after of somebody struggling a gunshot wound, who was later pronounced lifeless exterior the warehouse, he mentioned.

An alert for Brewer, a resident of Memphis, was issued to close by regulation enforcement businesses after he was named because the suspect, in keeping with Keene.

Earlier than exchanging gunfire with Brewer, officers exited their autos and repeatedly instructed him to get out of his automobile, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation mentioned in an replace Friday night. Officers returned fireplace after the suspect shot a weapon from inside his car, in accordance the bureau.

No officers have been injured throughout the taking pictures, and the gunman was left lifeless on the scene, in keeping with Memphis police.

The incident is now underneath investigation by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, which advised Newsweek via a spokesperson that extra particulars might be supplied "as quickly as brokers have a chance to assemble preliminary info."

The bureau was introduced in to analyze on the request of the native district legal professional, and has not recognized the cops that shot Brewer as a part of its ongoing investigation.

The taking pictures within the city of Horn Lake, with a inhabitants of round 27,000 and situated lower than 20 miles south of Memphis, is the newest in a string of comparable incidents throughout the nation and occurred at some point after President Joe Biden pleaded for firearm restrictions.

"We're heartbroken by this violent act and we prolong our deepest sympathy to the sufferer's household," Amazon advised Newsweek in an electronic mail. "We're working to help our workforce and guarantee their security. We're additionally working carefully with the police division as they lead the response and examine."

Amazon employees leaving the warehouse described Crockett as type and quiet, in keeping with native CBS affiliate WREG.

"I got here exterior on my lunch break and actually heard taking pictures gunshots and I did not actually see something per day however I imply there have been fairly a couple of gunshots that went off and subsequent factor you recognize I am listening to from co-workers and whatnot there's a younger girl lifeless within the car parking zone," Justin Mitchell advised the station.

WREG had reported earlier that workers mentioned the sufferer was feminine and was shot a number of occasions within the car parking zone round midday. The station captured a stream of Amazon workers driving away from the ability after the taking pictures.

Replace 06/02/22, 10:20 p.m. ET: This text was up to date with extra info and background.