[Daily Leader] Marquis Aaron Flowers, the suspect in the fatal shooting of two Brookhaven police officers early Saturday, has had run-ins with the law before.In March 2017, Flowers ‐ while wearing an electronic ankle monitor ‐ was charged with fleeing or eluding a law enforcement officer of the Adams County Sheriff’s Office, and stealing a vehicle by Natchez police, in connection with a high-speed chase the previous month.
He was 24 at the time, and living at 426 East Independence St. ‐ the same address given by investigators following his arrest Saturday in connection with the murders of Brookhaven policemen Zach Moak, 31; and Kevin James White, 35, at a home at 600 North Sixth St.
On Feb. 22, 2017, Flowers was accused of fleeing when an Adams County deputy attempted to make a traffic stop for a seat belt violation. Due to the high-speed chase entering an area of high traffic around Walmart, the deputy called the chase off.
Natchez police officers then spotted the vehicle traveling approximately 70 miles per hour and gave chase until Flowers allegedly abandoned the car in the Melrose-Montebello area and fled on foot.