Damon Hennis, a tow truck operator, talks about Mississippi police officers Benjamin Deen and Liquori Tate, at a makeshift memorial, near the site where the two Mississippi police officers were killed,... (Associated Press) 
 
 HATTIESBURG, Miss. Officers Benjamin Deen, 34, and Liquori Tate, 24 , were making a traffic stop Saturday evening when they were shot, Mayor Johnny DuPree said. Marvin Banks, 29, and Joanie Calloway, 22, were each charged with two counts of capital murder, said Warren Strain, a spokesman for the Mississippi Department of Public Safety. Banks also was charged with one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm and with grand theft for fleeing in the police cruiser after the shooting, Strain said. Authorities accuse the suspects of fleeing the crime scene, allegedly stealing a police cruiser and using it as a getaway car. Police charged his brother, Curtis Banks, with two counts of accessory after the fact of capital murder, the agency said. The fourth person, 28-year-old Cornelius Clark, was arrested and charged with obstruction of justice, he added.
– As Hattiesburg, Miss., mourns two police officers killed in the line of duty Saturday evening, four people accused of involvement are due in court. Marvin Banks and Joanie Calloway have been charged with capital murder, while Curtis Banks—Marvin's younger brother—has been charged with being an accessory after the fact to capital murder, and a fourth suspect, Cornelius Clark, has been charged with obstruction of justice, CNN reports. A state Department of Public Safety spokesman says Marvin Banks has also been charged with grand theft for fleeing in a Hattiesburg police car after the officers were fatally shot, the AP reports. Banks only made it a few blocks before ditching the vehicle, the spokesman says. Police haven't revealed a motive for the killing of the officers, although both Banks brothers have multiple convictions, including possession of crack cocaine, the Jackson Clarion-Ledger reports. The killing of the officers during a routine traffic stop has shocked the small city, where an officer hadn't been killed in the line of duty since 1984 and mourners have been leaving flowers at the scene in memory of officers Benjamin Deen, 34, and Liquori Tate, 24, reports the AP. "This should remind us to thank all law enforcement for their unwavering service to protect and serve," says Gov. Phil Bryant, whom the Clarion-Ledger notes is a former law enforcement officer himself. "May God keep them all in the hollow of his hand."