Second brother of accused Mississippi cop killer arrested
Published 4:22 pm Wednesday, May 15, 2019
Wanya Atkinson
Andre Sullivan
Dalentez Brice
Joshua Kovach
Davian Atkinson
Darian Atkinson
Police have arrested a second brother of a man accused of murdering a Biloxi police officer last week. The brother is charged with being an accessory after the fact.
Gulfport police arrested Wanya Toquest Atkinson on Wednesday. He’s charged as an accessory after the fact to the murder of Biloxi police officer Robert McKeithen.
Wanya Atkinson’s arrest makes him the sixth person charged in connection to McKeithen’s murder.
Police investigators believe Wanya’s brother, Darian Tawan Atkinson, shot McKeithen in the back outside the Biloxi police station.
Wanya Atkinson’s bond was set at $500,000. Darian’s other brother, Davian Lewanika Atkinson, was also arrested for allegedly helping his brother after the murder.
In addition, three others have also been charged as being accessories after the fact including: Andre Anderson Sullivan Jr., Joshua Michael Kovach and Dalentez Latavian Brice.
Police believe Sullivan, Kovach and Brice all provided Darian with clothes after the incident and they believe Davian Atkinson gave his brother a ride and allowed him to use his cell phone while he was eluding arrest.
