A police officer has died and two officers are seriously wounded after a shootout with a man in Rapid
City, S.D.

Police Chief Steve Allender said Tuesday night that the officers approached four people at an intersection whose behavior was "suspicious." One man pulled a gun and fired several shots.

Allender says 28-year-old Officer James Ryan McCandless was pronounced dead at a local hospital, and 27-year-old Officer Nick Armstrong is in critical condition. The third officer is listed as
stable. His name hasn't been released.

Allender says at least one officer returned fire and hit the suspect, who was undergoing surgery. His name hasn't been released.

McCandless is the first Rapid City officer killed in the line of duty since 1985. The city is home to about 63,000 people.