“There was an altercation that happened off duty with a civilian at a Walmart in Forrest,” Patrick said. Further details weren’t immediately available, and authorities didn’t immediately announce charges.īender was fired in January just a few months after being hired as a police officer in Newton, Mississippi, said Chief Randy Patrick.
Officers went inside and found Jones dead, according to Naylor-Jones.īender was arrested in Ackerman, located about 80 miles (129 kilometers) north of Meridian, police said. Soon after he reported that shots were being fired, according to Naylor-Young.Ī second officer arrived to find Croom on the ground and Bender gone, she said. “This whole incident is tragic and senseless,” Meridian Police Chief Deborah Naylor-Young told a news conference.Ĭroom was the first officer to respond to a call about a disturbance at a residence on Thursday afternoon and informed a dispatcher “he had one at gunpoint,” she said. (AP) - A former police officer suspected of killing a Mississippi police officer who was responding to a call about domestic violence has been arrested, authorities said Friday.ĭante Marquez Bender, 31, was taken into custody the day after Meridian Police Officer Kennis Croom was fatally shot while answering a call, authorities said.Ī woman believed to be Bender’s girlfriend or fiance, Brittany Jones, also was found dead at the scene where Croom was shot, authorities said.
0 kommentar(er)
