As Few backed his auto out, hitting police vehicles in the process, two officers opened fire. “I wouldn’t do it”, Dixon said.
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At last report, Few was listed in critical condition.
According to NBC News, Jeremy Mardis and his father, Chris Few, had just moved to Marksville in April. Investigators are reviewing at least one piece of video that shows part of the gunfire.
At Thursday’s news conference, the Louisiana police superintendent said the officers had submitted short written statements about what happened but that investigators had not yet spoken to them.
Of the statistics regarding deaths from police shooting, Jeremy became one of 17 children who have been shot and killed by police officers this year. “The investigative team spent 12 hours Wednesday going through the entire scene from a forensic standpoint to get the trajectory of the bullets, find and count the casings and generally put the scene together”.
The city marshals work for the city courts and serve warrants, carry firearms and have police powers, according to a city judge, Angelo Piazza, describing their powers as akin to a sheriff in that community. He said Few works as a river pilot on the Red River and is routinely tested for drugs. The Marshals now have retained counsel and State Police have been requesting interviews through the attorneys.
“If we could have done anything to prevent it we would have but like I said, it wasn’t our deputies”.
“We have reason to believe that the Ward 2 Marshal is issuing tickets inside the city limits without consent or approval of the Marksville City Council”, the letter stated.
State investigators said they are looking for more information from the four law enforcement officers involved in the fatal shooting. The Washington Post stated that an estimate of about 13 to 18 shots were fired by the two officers.
Jeremy Mardis, a 6-year-old boy with autism in Louisiana, became the youngest victim of a police shooting this year.
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The officers are not on leave at this time, but LSP officials recommends the officers be placed on administrative leave, “but it will be up to the chief”. The names of the officers have not been released. Grief counseling is also being offered to students at Lafargue Elementary School, where Mardis attended. State Police say they have been unable to locate any warrants for Few, and KATC’s check of courthouses and prosecutors in and around Marksville and in Mississippi where Few has lived turned up no warrants of any kind, active or old. There is no word if Few is facing any charges at this time.
