Two Police Officers Are Shot and Killed in Mississippi
Two Mississippi Cops Shot, Killed: Police Car Reportedly Stolen Two Police Officers Are Shot and Killed in Mississippi Sunday May 10 th , 2015 at 9:56 AM 1 Share Two police officers were fatally shot during a traffic stop in Hattiesburg, Miss., on Saturday night, and the authorities said they had arrested three suspects and charged two of them with capital murder. The officers were shot about 8 p.m., the police said. They were taken to Forrest General Hospital, according to The Clarion-Ledger, a newspaper in Jackson. The county coroner, Butch Benedict, identified the slain men as Benjamin Deen, 34, a canine officer; and Liquori Tate, 25 , a recent graduate of the police academy, according to The Clarion-Ledger. The Mississippi Department of Public Safety announced on Sunday that Marvin Banks, 29, and Joanie Calloway, 22, have each been charged with two counts of capital murder, and Mr. Banks’s brother, Curtis Banks, 26, has been char