The shooting death of two Hattiesburg, 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, Warren Strain, a spokesman for the Mississippi Department of Public Safety told
Fox News
. Officer Liquori Tate arrived afterward to assist him, shots were fired, and both officers were wounded.
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The shooting death of two police officers Saturday night during a traffic stop in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, prompted a statewide manhunt that led to the arrests of three suspects, according to officials.
May 10, 2015
Officer Liquori Tate of the Hattiesburg (Miss.) Police Department was shot and killed at a traffic stop Saturday night. (Photo: Hattiesburg PD)
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.
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