HAITTIESBURG MS May 10, 2015–Police Officer Liqori Tate and Police Officer Benjamin Deen were shot and killed while making a traffic stop of a vehicle occupied by three subjects near the intersection of 4th Street and Gordon Street in downtown Hattiesburg.
One of the subjects stole the patrol car after both officers were shot. All three occupants of the vehicle, two brothers and a female, were apprehended later in the night. One of the brothers and the female were charged with two counts of capital murder. The second brother was charged with accessory after the fact to capital murder. A fourth individual was charged with obstruction of justice in connection with the case.
Officer Tate had served with the Hattiesburg Police Department for 11 months.
Please contact the following agency to send condolences or to obtain funeral arrangements:
Chief of Police Frazier Bolton
Hattiesburg Police Department
701 James Street
Hattiesburg, MS 39401
Phone: (601) 544-7900
Read more: http://www.odmp.org/officer/22472-police-officer-liquori-tate#ixzz3ZnN2nkmA
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