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a search was going on Following the fatal shooting of a police officer in Mississippi on Friday morning, the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation said.
Unknown Meridian was a police officer Found on 51st Avenue in Meridian, Mississippi, Near the Alabama border on Thursday afternoon. He was taken to the regional hospital and declared brought dead.
Police are searching for Dante Marquez Bender, 31, after the fatal shooting of a Mississippi police officer and a woman in Meridian, Mississippi on Thursday.
(Mississippi Bureau of Investigation)
The Meridian Police Department said an unidentified woman was also found dead inside a house near the shooting site.
The suspect, identified as Dante Marquez Bender, 31, is believed to be armed and dangerous and driving a 2004 black Nissan Armada with a tag that reads “IMANI.”
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He is described as five feet eleven inches tall, 299 pounds, with brown eyes and short black hair.
The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation said a Meridian police officer was killed in a shooting on June 9.
(Meridian Police Department)
He was last seen at around 5:36 pm at 2408 51st Avenue, Meridian- Shooting time and place – and was wearing a purple sweatshirt and purple sweatpants.
Undated photo from the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation.
(Mississippi Bureau of Investigation/Facebook)
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She is considered to be in the area of Interstates 59 and 20.