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Suspect still not in custody as search continues for man accused of killing Biloxi cop

  

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Via:  ender  •  5 years ago  •  7 comments

Suspect still not in custody as search continues for man accused of killing Biloxi cop

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Police are looking for this man after a Biloxi police officer was shot and killed late Sunday night. (Photo source: Biloxi Police Dept.)

BILOXI, MS (WLOX) - Police have cleared the scene after surrounding an apartment complex while looking for the suspect accused of killing a Biloxi cop.





SWAT teams from multiple agencies, including the FBI, spent nearly two hours with their weapons drawn at the apartment complex on Popps Ferry Road. Police cleared the scene, leaving the apartment complex, just after 1 p.m.





No suspect is believed to have been taken into custody.



The search for the suspect has taken police to various locations around Biloxi, all in an effort to find the man authorities say shot Officer Robert McKeithen.





Biloxi Police Officer McKeithen was killed Sunday night outside the Lopez Quave Public Safety Center on Porter Avenue. That’s the main headquarters for the Biloxi Police Department.





The suspect is described as a thin man between 5′7″ and 5′10″. When he approached the officer, he was wearing a black T-shirt, navy blue shorts and a rolled up red skull beanie. He also had dark high tops with red heel caps.

Before the shooting, Chief Miller said the suspect entered the police department. Authorities released surveillance photos of when he walked through the front doors.

Investigators say the suspect approached Officer McKeithen outside the building in the parking lot, opening fire and shooting the officer multiple times.



McKeithen was on-duty and in uniform at the time.





“The animal that did this is still on the run. and we’re going to do everything within our power to bring him to justice for Robert and his family and for the men and women in the police department and for the citizens of Biloxi,” said Chief Miller.

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(Biloxi Officer Robert McKeithen died Sunday night after being shot outside the city's police headquarters. (Photo source: Biloxi PD))



According to Chief Miller, first responders rushed the officer to Merit Health. The chief was there just before midnight when he received the news that Officer McKeithen had died in the emergency room.





Officer Robert McKeithen was a 24-year veteran of Biloxi Police Department, and close to retirement. Read more details from Monday morning’s news conference here:   https://bit.ly/2JkRiuK



Bradford O’Keefe Funeral Homes is handling the arrangements for Officer McKeithen. Visitation will be Monday, May 13 from 9:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. at the First Baptist Church in Biloxi. The funeral service will be at 12:30 p.m. The burial will be at 2:30 p.m. at Biloxi National Cemetery.





If you have any information that may help identify this man or lead to his whereabouts, call Mississippi Coast Crime Stoppers at (877) 787-5898.





So far, $35,000 in rewards has been offered in this investigation. The FBI is offering $20,000. The U.S. Marshals Service is offering $10,000 and Crime Stoppers is offering $10,000.













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Ender
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1  seeder  Ender    5 years ago

Sad day in our little neck of the woods.

I had actually been stopped by him before. A very nice man and respectable.

The punk that did this walked into the station smiling and laughing. Guess he didn't realize once inside the station you cannot move beyond the front desk so he went back outside. We are thinking he just pulled up to the station and the punk went over and shot him

The FBI is involved as well, trying to find him.

Mr McKeithen was close to retirement and was a veteran of the armed services. He is going to be buried in our national cemetery by the VA.

 
 
 
Kavika
Professor Principal
2  Kavika     5 years ago

Sad a sad story/situation. 

Hopefully they get this POS soon.

 
 
 
Ender
Professor Principal
2.1  seeder  Ender  replied to  Kavika @2    5 years ago

It is sad. He was highly decorated. He spent his life serving the country then serving the community.

He was going to retire at the end of the year.

And this piece of shit punk just gunned him down. If I remember correctly, they even said he didn't have an arrest record. Makes zero sense.

People have made a memorial around his patrol car at the station, where he had parked it where he last got out.

They are saying that anyone hiding him is going to be arrested too.

 
 
 
Kavika
Professor Principal
2.1.1  Kavika   replied to  Ender @2.1    5 years ago

You have to wonder about this POS...Walking into a police station with, it would seem, the intent of killing LEO's then killing a good man in the parking lot...Was he totally crazy, on drugs or what. 

 
 
 
Ender
Professor Principal
4  seeder  Ender    5 years ago

Update ... they caught the bastard in another county.

He was smiling the whole time he was being escorted into the station.

Wonder if the idiot realizes we still have the death penalty.

 
 
 
Kavika
Professor Principal
5  Kavika     5 years ago
Update ... they caught the bastard in another county.

Great news.

 
 
 
lib50
Professor Silent
5.1  lib50  replied to  Kavika @5    5 years ago

Glad they caught the guy, but what a waste of life for nothing.  Feel so bad for the poor officer and his family. 

 
 

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