Miss. officer helped at wreck shortly before he was shot to death
By: The Associated Press, policeone.com
BILOXI, Miss. — A Mississippi police officer helped a driver out of a wrecked sports car and told the man he was “lucky to be alive.” Less than an hour later, the officer was killed by another person who walked up and shot him outside the police station.
Biloxi police records show Patrolman Robert McKeithen (muh-KEETH-en) responded to a crash Sunday night and then returned to the station because he had gotten a flat tire.
The driver, 22-year-old Damon Corrigan, told the Sun Herald he crashed after falling asleep at the wheel on the bridge over Biloxi Bay. He said the left side of his Ford Mustang was destroyed and McKeithen helped him get out of the car. Corrigan said McKeithen also accompanied him to a hospital.
