Mississippi officer killed in the line of duty from Tuscaloosa – WVTM 13

A man accused of shooting and killing his pregnant fiancée and a Mississippi police officer Thursday evening was arrested Friday morning after an overnight manhunt. Hear the latest updates in the video above.The Mississippi Highway Patrol said 31-year-old Dante Marquez Bender was taken into custody around 10:30 a.m. Friday in Ackerman, Mississippi.A Blue Alert was issued Thursday for Bender after he allegedly shot and killed 30-year-old Meridian Officer Kennis Croom, who was the first officer on scene at a domestic violence call. The suspect’s pregnant fiancée, Brittany Jones, was also killed in the shooting.Croom was described by his colleagues as an “exceptional officer with a passion for serving and being an officer.”The slain officer was a Tuscaloosa native and was part of a well-known family in the area. Both his father, Kelvin Croom, and his uncle, Sylvester Croom Jr., were star football players at The University of Alabama. His uncle also went on to become the Southeastern Conference’s first Black football coach at Mississippi State in the early 2000s.Croom’s father is now the pastor at College Hill Missionary Baptist Church in Tuscaloosa. The church wrote on its Facebook there are no words to describe how distraught they are.”We all received…
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