Less than 24 hours after police say a Mississippi man gunned down a uniformed officer in police station parking lot, the now-arrested suspect was marched on Monday night back into the same Biloxi police station.
Biloxi Police Chief John Miller said one of his department's officers was driving home through Wiggins, 40 miles north of the Gulf Coast city when the officer spotted a man at the side of the road who looked like the target of an intense manhunt.
"It's been a long couple of days," said Miller, who told reporters he was going to bed as he got news of the capture."We feel vindicated. He's been treated properly and fairly. And now we will grieve for the family." It's unclear how Atkinson got to Wiggins after a day when police searched locations in Biloxi, sometimes carrying assault rifles, looking for the man. Miller said he expected at least one person would be charged as an accessory for illegally aiding Atkinson."I can say that's probably the saddest thing about this case is we have no motive, we have no reason for him to do this to anybody," Harrison County Sheriff Troy Peterson said at a news conference earlier Monday evening.
Gulfport police spokesman Sgt. James Griffin said investigators determined Atkinson's identity through tips and interviews throughout the day. McKeithen's relatives said Monday through Biloxi city spokesman Vincent Creel that they weren't prepared to talk. A memorial service is planned Tuesday night at Biloxi police headquarters. The officer's funeral and burial are planned for May 13."This was a senseless murder of a veteran police officer," Gov. Phil Bryant later wrote on Twitter."We will find the coward who fired the shots and take him into custody.
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