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Pamela McKeithen, whose policeman was shot in the parking lot of the Biloxi Police Department, listens to prayers at a memorial service in the honor of police officer Robert McKeithen in front of the department on Tuesday, May 7. 2019 in Biloxi, Miss. (AP Photo / Janet McConnaughey)
BILOXI, Miss. Two other people were arrested after a Mississippi policeman was shot dead in front of his police station.
Harrison County Sheriff Troy Peterson told WLOX-TV that the two men had been arrested on Wednesday for complicity after the murder charge in the capital.
Dalente Brice, 20, and Joshua Kovach, 21, are detained without imprisonment. It was not immediately known if there were lawyers who could be contacted to comment.
Police officer Robert McKeithen (muh-KEETH-en), a former Biloxi policeman, was shot several times Sunday in the police station's car park.
Darian (DEHR-uhn) Atkinson, 19, is accused of killing him.
Atkinson's 21-year-old brother, Davian Atkinson, is also accused of complicity after the fact. The authorities claim that he drove his brother to Wiggins after the murder and let him make phone calls.
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