he was questioning 23-year-old jeremy powell.icers heard several gunshots and when they arrived at the room both smith and powell were dead of multiple gunshot wound. the department is devastated. police did not release details on how both ended up dead or what gun was used. >> a tragic situation that we are dealing with right now and we don't have a lot of answers. >> shots had been fired and upon our arrival we found the suspect is deceased and we have a police officer that is deceased. >> reporter: the case has been turned over to the mississippi bureau of investigation which is standard procedure. detective smith was 40, married with two sons. jon. jon: patti ann brown in our newsroom. thank you. jenna: it's a disturbing trend deadly violence targeting law enforcement and it's on the rise. recent incidents include the murder of colorado's corrections director tom clements killed march 19th when he answered the doorbell at his home outside colorado spring. eleven days later if texas kaufman county district attorney mike mclell

jackson police detective eric smith was questioning a 23-year-old jeremy powell. he took the gun and shot him. powell then shot himself. >> more heads are rolling at rutgers university. today, the athletic director resigned, under pressure, obviously, criticized for only suspending coach rice for three games for kicking and pushing players and using gay slurs. the rutgers president blamed himself for not looking at the video in november. he then apologized for hampl it's caused. >> i apologize to any student athletes on the team who may have been personally harmed. the kind of chronic and abusive behavior demonstrated on that video is unacceptable. >>> also he apologized to the lgbt kmuchblt a group of 50 teachers wants him to resign next. >> a family from ohio is safe today after missing in the florida ever glades for 24 hours, officials were alarm whtd family didn't return the air boat rented yesterday. rescuers spotted them after hearing an air horn. three young boys and parents were shaken but not harmed after spending night with no shelter on the boat. the fa

decorated homicide detective eric smith, seen in the middle, was questioning jeremy powell at police rs. powell was about to be arrested for murder. that's when powell shot and killed the detective. powell was also killed, but it's not clear who actually shot him. however, there are reports another officer may have been in the room. detective smith was with the department since 1995. no word on how powell got the gun. >>> look at this video. flames forcing people out of their beds and out of their homes in the middle of the night. natural gas compressor station blew up in logan county, oklahoma. no one was hurt. no word on when people will be allowed back into their homes. the cause of the explosion is now under investigation. >>> second college student lost in the rugged southern california wilderness for five days has been found alive. rescuers heard 18-year-old kendall's cries for helps and found her cling to go a cliff. a member of the search team was hurt trying to save her. >> all we know is that he sustained a fall and it was a head injury. as of right now, the kid is responsiv

the suspect, 23-year-old jeremy powell overpow ired the jackson police nart, shot him and turned theimself. the veteran detective was 40-year-old. >>> mourners are paying their respects right now in a high school in west virginia for sheriff crumb. bland new to his john in january, crumb was gunned down while eating lunch in his care in near the mingo courthouse. we spoke was his daughter julia. >> i'm doing as well as expected, we're still in shock and i'm heartbroken but i'm doing okay. >> there's a memorial service later on this afternoon. tell me what you want people to know about your dad and how you expect him to be recognized and eulogized to day. >> my dad was a very loving man. he was a loving father and grandfather. he loved his community. 's done a great job in the short three months that he's been sheriff. what he's accomplished is just amazing. >> so just three months your dad was sheriff. how important was this job, this responsibility to be this public servant in your community? my dad fought tirelessly against drug abuse. he just wanted to clean up the county and make

officers say eric smith, in the middle, was questioning a suspect, jeremy powell at police headquarters about a murder when they heard gunshots. they thennd both smith and powell dead. smith was a veteran officer. more on this as we get it. >> a $200,000 reward is being offered for information leading to a conviction in the murder of a texas district attorney and his wife. mike and cynthia mcclelland were remembered yesterday at an emotional memorial service. law enforcement officers, public officials, friends and family were among hundreds of mourners. >> they were beautiful and amazing, and mike -- a lot of people thought of him as a very hard man. and he was. he was a hard man. but he had a heart, he had such a big heart. >> when cynthia told you she loved you, she loved you with every ounce of her being. >> left behind a huge family. the mcclellands were killed in their own home last weekend. no arrests have been made. the police are focusing on the aryan brotherhood. >> hol road and the nation -- hollywood mourning the death of the famed movie critic roger ebert. he passed away yes

officials say the suspect, 23-year-old jeremy powell, overpowered the jackson police investigators on thursday, shot him, and then turned the gun on himself. the veteran detective eric smith was 40 years old. >>> south african icon nelson mandela is now out of the hospital and going to receive some special in-home care. the 94-year-old is the nation's first black president, has been sick with a lung infection and pneumonia. robyn curnow has the latest. >> reporter: authorities are saying that nelson mandela has shown a sustained and gradual improvement in his general condition and he's now to receive home-based high care. we understand from sources that his bedroom and his home in johannesburg has very sophisticated medical machinery, and that also because he receives 24-hour medical care, so no doubt those who look after him, his careers, his doctors, nurses, will be keeping a very close eye on him after he was hospitalized for the second time in four months for pneumonia. nelson mandela's health has been steadily deteriorating over the past few years. >> all right, robyn, thank you