Hundreds at funeral for 2nd Hattiesburg police officer killed a week ago during traffic stop
HATTIESBURG, Miss. – A funeral was held Saturday for one of two Mississippi police officers shot to death a week ago during a traffic stop.
Hundreds of mourners and law enforcement officers from around the country paid their respects to 25-year-old Officer Liquori Tate.
The services — with choir singing, eulogies and police honours — were held at West Point Baptist Church in Hattiesburg. He was to be buried nearby Starkville.
Under rainy skies, people lined the highway from Hattiesburg to Starkville, many waving American flags, to honour the slain officer as the funeral procession passed.
A funeral was held Thursday for Benjamin Deen, the other officer killed.
Police say 29-year-old Marvin Banks shot the two officers after Deen pulled over a speeding car driven by Banks’ girlfriend, 22-year-old Joanie Calloway.
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