The deceased suspect's wife and her friend were both shot when Deputy Martin Shields was killed, but are recovering today.

TERRY, Miss. (WTVA) — A shooting left a sheriff’s deputy dead in central Mississippi. The incident happened Sunday evening, Feb. 23 in Terry. Hinds County deputy Martin Shields, Jr., 37, responded to a domestic call at a house on Midway Road, WLBT-TV in Jackson reported. Eric Brown, 42, allegedly shot and killed the deputy.

Hinds County Sheriff Tyree Jones said a deputy has died after being shot on Midway Road in Terry. He said the deputy, 37-year-old Martin Shields, Jr., was responding to a domestic call for service. According to the sheriff,

HINDS CO., Miss. (WLBT) - An investigation is underway after a deputy was shot and killed in Hinds County. The incident occurred Sunday evening at a home on Midway Road in Terry. According to the release, the deputy, 37-year-old Martin Shields, Jr., responded to a domestic call for service at the home.

Bailey Martin, press secretary for the Mississippi Department of Public Safety (DPS), said the deputy was responding to a call for service. When the deputy arrived at the scene, M