On the evening of November 27, 2005, Patrol Officer Edward Odell Fite, 48, and Investigator Brandon Breland, 23, responded to a domestic disturbance at a mobile home on South First Street in Wiggins, Mississippi. Shortly after their arrival, a male subject obtained one of the officers’ .40 caliber service weapons and opened fire, leaving both officers with fatal gunshot injuries. Dispatchers requested backup when the officers became unreachable by radio; responding units found both bodies outside the residence and noted neither officer was wearing a bullet-resistant vest.

The suspect fled but was captured a short time later at his home in Maxie, Mississippi and was charged with two counts of capital murder. Officer Fite had been with the Wiggins Police Department two months and previously served with the Lamar County Sheriff’s Office, Lumberton City Police Department, and New Augusta Police Department. He is survived by his wife, three children, and four grandchildren.

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