SOUTHFIELD, MI — An off-duty Detroit police officer, the target of an attempted carjacking in Southfield early Monday, shot and killed a 17-year-old, Southfield police say.

Two armed suspects, their weapons drawn, approached the the officer while he exited his Dodge Charger on Riverside Drive at Sutton Place Apartments about 2 a.m..

"The victim drew his handgun and discharged it striking one of the suspects," Southfield police said in a statement Monday. "The second suspect fled on foot dropping his handgun."

Police pursued and arrested the second suspect as well as another teen believed to have participated in the botched auto theft. Both suspects were 16.

Southfield police say more information is forthcoming.