BREAKING NEWS: 2 police officers shot in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Suspect at large. Local PD, state police and FBI on scene.
— Breaking News Feed (@PzFeed) May 10, 2015
BREAKING: Two officers shot in traffic stop in Hattiesburg. Suspect stole car, abandoned it by the train depot. Still on the run. @News_MS
— Courtney Carter (@NewsMsCourtney) May 10, 2015
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WE SALUTE: Slain MS. Officers Identified as Benjamin Deen, 34 & Liquori Tate, 25 http://t.co/XQh9JmM3CR Pics: @TRex21 pic.twitter.com/Na4RJoc3b2
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) May 10, 2015
Via USA Today:
Two police officers died Saturday night after being shot during a traffic stop in Hattiesburg, Miss.
Forrest County Coroner Butch Benedict confirmed that both officers had died at Forrest General Hospital. The names were being withheld pending notification of next of kin.Hattiesburg Police Department spokesman Lt. Jon Traxler said police are seeking Curtis Banks and Marvin Banks as suspects in the shooting that took place shortly before 8 p.m. near the intersection of East Fourth and Bouie Street.
Here are the suspects currently sought in the deaths of 2 Hattiesburg police officers http://t.co/D9hmuIv9TL pic.twitter.com/P4Tt0EXqIM
— AL.com Mobile (@ALcomMobile) May 10, 2015
Update:
Via Fox News:
The shooting death of two Mississippi police officers Saturday night during a traffic stop in Hattiesburg prompted a statewide manhunt that led to the arrests of three suspects, according to officials.
Officer Benjamin Deen had stopped a 2000 Gold Cadillac Escalade in an industrial part of the city at around 8:30 p.m. local time Saturday, said Warren Strain, a spokesman for the Mississippi Department of Public Safety. Officer Liquori Tate arrived afterward to assist him, shots were fired, and both officers were wounded.
Strain said both officers died of their injuries at a hospital. The officers’ deaths are reportedly the first for the Hattiesburg police force in 30 years.
Strain said law enforcement agencies across the state launched a manhunt for the perpetrators, leading to the arrests of three suspects: 26-year-old Curtis Banks, his 29-year-old brother Marvin Banks, and 22-year-old Joanie Calloway.
Marvin Banks and Calloway have each been charged with two counts of capital murder, and Banks’ brother Curtis has been charged with two counts of accessory after the fact of capital murder.