'A sad day for the City of Biloxi': 24-year veteran of Biloxi Police identified as officer killed in

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Source: WLOX-TV

‘A sad day for the City of Biloxi’: 24-year veteran of Biloxi Police identified as officer killed in shooting

By Lindsay Knowles | May 5, 2019 at 11:31 PM CDT - Updated May 6 at 11:00 AM

BILOXI, MS (WLOX) - Officer Robert McKeithen, a 24-year veteran of Biloxi Police Department, has been identified as the officer who was killed Sunday night outside the city’s public safety building.

Authorities held a news conference at 9 a.m. Monday to update the public on the shooting.

“It’s a very sad day for the City of Biloxi. A 24-year veteran for our department Robert McKeithen - and there’s no easy way to say this - was murdered last night right here in our parking lot," said Biloxi Police Chief John Miller. “Robert was an unbelievably fine policeman. He did a great job; took care of the citizens of Biloxi for almost 24 years.”

McKeithen died just after 10 p.m. after being shot multiple times outside the police headquarters, according to the chief.

“Robert was planning on retiring at the end of the year,” said Chief Miller. “He leaves behind a wife, two stepsons, and a stepdaughter. He was a wonderful family man. That’s where he spent all of his time, with his family."

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Read more: https://www.wlox.com/2019/05/06/biloxi-officer-shot-outside-public-safety-complex/


Biloxi Police Officer Robert McKeithen was a 24-year veteran of the police force.


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

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