of the two have shocked the community. kroefr night the city mourning the deaths of benjamin deen once officer of the year and liquori tate, a 25-year-old rookie. they took away my baby. reporter: on mother s day, she had this message for her son s killer. the hurt is unbearable. i forgive you. reporter: his family says tate wanted to be a police officer since he was 4. and he was a hero. he backed up his partner. reporter: police say officer deen stopped the car for speeding saturday night. when tate arrived to back him up shots rang out, both officers were hit and the suspects took off in one of the police cruisers. following a manhunt, police arrested curtis banks and charged him with being an accessory, while his brother marvin and joanie calloway were
two police officers. really shaken this close knit community. overnight in hattiesburg, a candlelight vigil, the city mourning the deaths of 34-year-old denbenjamin deen and liquori tate who graduated from the police academy just a year ago. they took away my baby. reporter: on mother s day, she had this message for her son s killer. the hurt is unbearable. reporter: his family says tate wanted to be a police officer since he was 4. he was a hero. he backed up his partner. reporter: police say officer deen stopped the car for speeding saturday night, when tate arrived to back him up, shots rang out. both officers were hit and the suspects took off in one of the police cruisers. following a man hunt did you do it? no, sir, i didn t do it.