The shooting accord after Chris Few drove to a dead end, The officers Norris Greenhouse Jr and Lt. Derrick Stafford where placed on Administration leave after the shooting on Tuesday. Col. Michael Edmonson, superintendent of the Louisiana State in a press conference.
The father, Chris Few, who was driving,
was critically injured in the shooting.
Mr. Few’s son, Jeremy Mardis, was killed
after the police opened fire on the S.U.V.
The corona's office indicts that Jeremy was stroke multiple times in the head and chest, autopsy was performed on Wednesday, a final result is not expected to be out for 8 weeks.
Colonel Edmonson said that over the past 72 hours, investigators had studied footage from body cameras, interviewed witnesses and listened to 911 recordings. He promised a “methodical and detail oriented investigation.”
He declined to say why the police began pursuing Mr. Few’s vehicle, or what caused them to open fire.
Describing the body camera footage, Colonel Edmonson said, “I can tell you as a father it was one of the most disturbing things I have witnessed.”
Two other police officers were involved in the chase, in addition to Officer Greenhouse and Lieutenant Stafford, the superintendent said, but he declined to say whether either of the other officers was suspected of wrongdoing.
He said investigators would follow the case “wherever this takes us” and that the state police had seized guns from all officers present during the shooting.
All four are officers with the Marksville, La., police who work part time as city marshals.
Colonel Edmonson said a forensic report from the crime scene would show how many guns and bullets had been fired. That report should be available by next Thursday, he said.
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