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PHOENIX - A city in mourning today as a Chandler police officer loses his life in a gunbattle with drug suspects.

We should learn this morning the names of the officer killed in the line of duty and those officers who were wounded. We should also learn more about what happened during the undercover drug operation at a South Phoenix home Wednesday night.

A Phoenix police spokesman says in addition to the officers shot, two suspects died at the scene, two others are hospitalized with non life-threatening injuries and two more are detained and being questioned.

All three officers were from the Chandler Police Department. Authorities say one of the officers was later pronounced dead at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix. One of the wounded officers is in critical condition at the same hospital while the other is in stable condition.

Authorities say the names of the officers were being withheld until their families can be notified.

Police did not disclose details of the drug bust or what triggered the shootout.