Harrowing body camera footage has been released of the moment a police officer fatally shot a Mississippi boy who called 911 after his mother's “enraged” ex-boyfriend showed up at their home.
The incident occurred in the early morning hours of May 20 after 11-year-old Adrienne Marie called police to alert them of a domestic dispute.
inside videoOfficer Greg Caper, who was released on Monday, was seen repeatedly banging loudly on the door of the home until a dispatcher said, “She has permission to come in.”
Capers tries to do it, but can be heard struggling with the door and saying, “It's not that easy.”
At that point, the woman opened the door and Capers ordered her to assume a submissive position.
“Let me see your hands! Show me your hands!” I heard him say, pulling out a gun.
“Where is he? Where is he?” the police officer asks as she points inside the house with her head.
“Does he have any weapons? Please come out, don't let us in.”
Police officers are then seen entering the home.
“Police! If you have a weapon, you better put it down,” the officer warned, looking around the empty living room.
At that moment, Adelien was seen rushing into the frame with his hands over his head, and the officer immediately opened fire, hitting him in the chest.
“Oh my god!” the Capers screamed as the boy screamed in pain.
The injured boy ran outside screaming for his mother, and the police became enraged and called an ambulance.
“Doctors, we need them now!” a police officer could be heard shouting into the radio.
Adelien's mother, Nacala Marie, has filed a $5 million lawsuit against the police department, demanding the release of body camera footage and the firing of Capers and Indianola Police Chief Ronald Sampson. .
Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch said last month She said her office completed an investigation into the incident and presented it to the Sunflower County grand jury, but the grand jury declined to indict Capers.
After viewing the body camera footage, Murray claimed the situation was unjustified.
“I feel like all of this could have been avoided, especially if we had trained police officers,” she said. told NPR.
“The most difficult thing about dealing with this situation is the lack of humanity and the lack of decency,” her lawyer Carlos Moore was quoted as saying.
Moore said police were told on three separate occasions that no one inside the home was armed.
“People must be held accountable…We will bring justice to Nacala Marie and Adelien Marie,” he added, referring to the pending lawsuit.
Adelien appeared on ABC's “Good Morning America” shortly after the incident and spoke about her horrifying ordeal.
“It felt like a Taser, like a big punch in the chest,” Aderien said of the moment he was shot.
“There was blood coming out, blood coming out of the mouth.”
He described how he sang gospel songs and prayed as his mother desperately applied pressure to his wounds.
Adelien was treated for a collapsed lung and a cut to his liver.
“It was God who saved my life and I truly believe that,” he said at the time.
