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Louisiana Cops Arrested For Killing 6‑Year-Old Boy

In this photo combination shows booking photos provided by the Louisiana State Police, Marksville City Marshal Derrick Stafford, left, and Marksville City Marshal Norris Greenhouse Jr., both were arrested on charges of second-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of Jeremy Mardis, a six-year-old autistic boy, on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015 in Marksville, La. The shooting also wounded Mardis' father, Chris Few. (Louisiana State Police via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT
In this pho­to com­bi­na­tion shows book­ing pho­tos pro­vid­ed by the Louisiana State Police, Marksville City Marshal Derrick Stafford, left, and Marksville City Marshal Norris Greenhouse Jr., both were arrest­ed on charges of sec­ond-degree mur­der and attempt­ed sec­ond-degree mur­der in the fatal shoot­ing of Jeremy Mardis, a six-year-old autis­tic boy, on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015 in Marksville, La. The shoot­ing also wound­ed Mardis’ father, Chris Few. (Louisiana State Police via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT

Louisiana inves­ti­ga­tors are comb­ing through evi­dence in the shoot­ing death ear­li­er this week of a 6‑year-old autis­tic boy after author­i­ties charged two law enforce­ment offi­cers in the shoot­ing. Col. Mike Edmonson, in a late night press con­fer­ence Friday, said the two offi­cers were being booked on charges of sec­ond-degree mur­der and attempt­ed sec­ond-degree mur­der in the Tuesday shoot­ing death of Jeremy Mardis and the wound­ing of his father, Chris Few, in the cen­tral Louisiana town of Marksville. Edmonson vowed to con­tin­ue the inves­ti­ga­tion wher­ev­er it leads.

“Let’s make tonight about Jeremy Mardis. That lit­tle boy was buck­led in the front seat of that vehi­cle and that is how he died,” Edmonson said. “He did­n’t deserve to die like that.” Speaking of the body cam­era footage that was recov­ered from the offi­cers, he said: “It is the most dis­turb­ing thing I’ve seen, and I will leave it at that.” The two offi­cers are Norris J. Greenhouse Jr., 23, of Marksville and Derrick Stafford, 32, of Mansura, Louisiana. Both were work­ing sec­ondary jobs in Marksville as mar­shals when the shoot­ing hap­pened, Edmonson said. State police have been inves­ti­gat­ing the Tuesday night shoot­ing that raised ques­tions almost from the start. State police are comb­ing through foren­sics evi­dence, 911 calls, con­duct­ing inter­views and review­ing the body cam­era footage, Edmonson said. Two oth­er offi­cers were involved in the inci­dent. When Edmonson was asked whether he antic­i­pat­ed any more arrests, he said: “We’ll see where it takes us.” It’s still unclear what led police to pur­sue Few and what trig­gered the shoot­ing. The parish coro­ner said ear­li­er this week that the offi­cers were serv­ing a war­rant on Few when he fled, but Edmonson lat­er said he had no infor­ma­tion about a warrant.

6‑YEAR-OLD SON OF MAN FLEEING ARREST DIES IN POLICE-INVOLVED SHOOTING

Few’s 57-year-old step­fa­ther, Morris German, has accused the mar­shals of indis­crim­i­nate­ly open­ing fire on the vehi­cle. German said Few was heav­i­ly sedat­ed, unable to talk and has bul­let frag­ments lodged in his brain and lung. He described Few as a lov­ing father and added the man’s son “was his whole life.” German added that the 6‑year-old had been diag­nosed with autism, describ­ing him as a delight­ful child who “loved every­thing, every­body.” German said the boy had no sib­lings and the fam­i­ly had recent­ly moved to Marksville from Hattiesburg, Mississippi. “I know a 6‑year-old should not have been shot,” German said. Louisiana Cops Arrested For Killing 6‑Year-Old Boy