MEMPHIS, Tenn. - A Memphis police officer and an 18-year-old were killed after gunfire erupted in Whitehaven early Friday, police said.

Interim Memphis Police Chief C.J. Davis identified the officer killed as Joseph McKinney, who joined the department in 2020 and was assigned to Raines Station. She said a second officer was in non-critical condition at Regional One Health.

McKinney was a 2016 graduate of Munford High School and a Munford Band member, according to Munford High School. The 26-year-old leaves behind a wife and daughter, according to the Memphis Police Association. 

A third officer was grazed by a bullet during the shooting and treated at the scene, police said.

"We have a wife that’s grieving now," Davis said. "We have the family of the suspects that are grieving now.”

MPD said that the suspects were identified as an 18-year-old and 17-year-old. The 18-year-old died in the shooting, police said.

Police also said the 18-year-old was arrested in March with a Glock switch, charged with stealing two cars before being released without bond.

Police said the officers were shot at when they approached a suspicious, stolen car around 2 a.m. Friday, April 12, at Horn Lake Road and Charter Avenue. They returned fire, striking the two suspects, police said.

FOX13 arrived to the scene and found a car riddled with bullet holes.

One of the suspects was immediately arrested, while the other ran off but was later caught nearby, MPD said.

MPD said the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) is investigating the shooting and the Shelby County District Attorney's Office was contacted.

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All lanes of traffic at Shelby Drive and Horn Lake Road were blocked for the investigation, police said.

Ofc. McKinney is the first Memphis officer killed in the line of duty since Ofc. Geoffrey Redd was shot and killed at the Poplar-White Station Library in East Memphis on Feb. 18, 2023.

Before she spoke to the media Friday morning, Chief Davis took a breath and said she and her department were "hurting."

“The men and women of the Memphis Police Department are hurt right now," she said. "As chief of police, I am hurt right now. Once again, senseless deaths in our community by gun violence.”