Police arrest ninth person in connection with shooting deaths of 2 Mississippi police officers
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Authorities say a ninth person has been arrested in connection with the shooting deaths of two Mississippi police officers who were killed during a traffic stop.
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.
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Strain says Varnado is being held in Forrest County jail. It wasn't clear if Varnado has a lawyer who could comment on the charge.
Police say 29-year-old Marvin Banks shot Hattiesburg Police Department patrolmen Benjamin Deen and Liquori Tate on May 9 after Deen pulled over a speeding car driven by Banks' girlfriend. The officers died at a hospital.