imagine. she also apologized. she said she was very sorry for what happened and she had this to say about her sons. all of my children we live in a black and white neighborhood. all of this racist stuff. it s not racist. the boy was out of his mind. reporter: what do you think happened? he was out of his mind on those drugs. i tried to get him help. i tried. reporter: she was referring to marvin banks. he s the one charged with capital murder. she does not believe that her other son, curtis banks, was involved at all in the shooting carol. did she have any idea why these men would allegedly open fire on these two police officers? reporter: she doesn t know. that s the big question that everyone still has.
developing news from mississippi, three men and one woman accused in the shooting death of two hatesburg police officers are waking up behind bars. marvin banks is accused of pulling the trigger. his brother and a woman are charged with accessories after the fact. a fourth suspect is charged with obstruction of justice. gabe gutierrez spoke to marvin s about what happened. he was out of his man. he wasn t the same marvin. reporter: because he was on drugs. he was on them drugs. he wasn t the same marvin. reporter: what would you say to the family? i m sorry. but i m hurting, too. they steal my boys. reporter: meanwhile, a thousand people gathered monday to remember officers benjamin dean and la corey tate. 34-year-old dean who was married
arrested four suspects. marvin banks charged with two counts of tap tall murder as was joanie callaway. curtis banks charged as an accessory after the fact and another charged with obstruction of justice. we re not going to compromise the investigation. hattiesburg police have turned the case over to the mississippi bureau of investigation. as a department and a community deals with a sudden loss. brian moore nbc noose. also this. an employee at subway was fired after celebrating mississippi police death. subway had this to say. this kind of behavior is unacceptable and does not represent the values and ethics of our brand. moms love a call on mother s
according to police what happened here is that officer benjamin deen made a traffic stop. this involved a vehicle with three people inside. he called for back up. officer liquori tate responded and then investigators say that the suspects shot and killed those two police officers. now, they also say that these suspects took one of the police cruisers and used it as a run away car. of course, police later apprehended the suspects. marvin banks and jonie calloway. this investigation is in the hands of the mississippi bureau of investigation. we learned from authorities that they are scouring through evidence. making interviews and asking people to figure out what
marvin banks is charged with capital murder. curtis banks and jody call way are charged with being accessories after the fact. cornelius clark is charged with rendering criminal assistance. the mother of marvin and curtis banks insists curtis wasn t involved and says her other son was on drugs when the shooting happened. why do you think marvin did this? i don t know. just out of his mind. he was out of his mind. reporter: the service coincides with the start of national police week and washington s fallen officers memorial, people could only shake their heads at the news two more have paid the ultimate sacrifice. it s terrible. it s happening far too often. reporter: as hattiesburg prepares to bury two of its finest people here are left wondering why it came to this. meanwhile, baltimore is still healing after friction between its community and police. a rally for peace concert on sunday night included the headline performance from prince and an appearance from the state s a