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9th Arrest Made in Deaths of 2 Mississippi Police Officers

A ninth person has been arrested in connection with the shooting deaths of two Hattiesburg, Miss., police officers who were killed during a traffic stop earlier this month.

May 28, 2015
9th Arrest Made in Deaths of 2 Mississippi Police Officers

Hattiesburg police officers Benjamin Deen, 34, and Liquori Tate, 25, were killed May 10 during a traffic stop. (Photo: Hattiesburg PD)


A ninth person has been arrested in connection with the shooting deaths of two Mississippi police officers who were killed during a traffic stop earlier this month, authorities said, reports the Associated Press .

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Spokesman Warren Strain with the Mississippi Department of Public Safety said in a statement Wednesday night that 25-year-old Brodrick Kendell Varnado of Hattiesburg was arrested and charged with accessory after the fact of capital murder.

No further details about the allegations against Varnado were immediately available.