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Charges have not been filed against two men suspected of critically wounding Jackson Police officer DeWayne Collier during a shootout Monday morning in west Jackson.

The names of the suspects are being withheld as police continue the investigation.

Collier is in critical condition at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, according to hospital officials.

Collier was shot once in the head and once in the stomach. 

Jackson Mayor Frank Melton said doctors are optimistic that Collier will recover.

Collier, a six-year veteran of the Jackson Police Department, was shot today around 11 a.m. during a police pursuit following an armed robbery at Mississippi Title Loan, 1900 U.S. 80. 

The men stole the officer’s patrol car after he was shot, police said.

Agencies responding to the scene include JPD, Hinds County Sheriff's Department, Clinton Police Department, Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol, the U.S. Marshall's Office, Madison County Sheriff's Department and the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.

Hinds County Sheriff's Department spokesman Capt. Steve Pickett said it's unclear if there is a third suspect. Law enforcement had blocked off an area around Norman Street in west Jackson earlier today as they searched for the suspects.

The last death of a Jackson officer was March 2005, when Thomas Catchings died after a shootout.

Omar Hampton, 18, was suspected of carjacking when he shot Catchings once in
the abdomen. Catchings returned fire, hitting Hampton three times.

Hampton also died

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[jdid]

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