Meridian, Mississippi, police officer Kennis Croom was shot and killed while answering a domestic violence call. He was a member of the Croom family of Tuscaloosa, which is well known in football. alabamanewsnetwork
Kennis Croom was part of a family connected to the University of Alabama that includes an uncle, Sylvester Croom, who was an assistant coach at Alabama and in the NFL and was the first Black head football coach in the SEC when he coached at Mississippi State University.
Croom was the first officer to respond to a call about a disturbance at a home and informed a dispatcher “he had one at gunpoint,” police said. Soon after, he reported that shots were being fired.
Ireland Latest News, Ireland Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Suspect captured in killings of officer, woman in Miss.A multi-agency search continued in Mississippi on Friday for Dante Marquez Bender, 31 suspected in the killings of a police officer (from Alabama) and a woman.
Read more »
Gunman who shot and killed Mississippi police officer captured after manhuntMeridian Police Officer Kennis Croom, 31, was responding to reports of a shooting when he arrived at the scene of an armed man and a deceased woman — the suspect is in custody.
Read more »
Mississippi police officer killed, manhunt underwayMississippi law enforcement is searching for a man suspected in the fatal shooting of a police officer in Meridian, Mississippi, on Thursday.
Read more »
A man trying to enter an Alabama elementary school is shot and killed by a school resource officerA man was shot and killed by a police officer outside of an Alabama elementary school Thursday afternoon after an altercation with a school resource officer, Etowah County Sheriff Jonathan Horton said during a news conference.
Read more »
A man allegedly trying to enter an Alabama elementary school is shot and killed by policeA man was shot and killed by a police officer outside of an Alabama elementary school Thursday afternoon after an altercation with a school resource officer, Etowah County Sheriff Jonathan Horton said during a news conference.
Read more »