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US family demands officer be charged for shooting 11-year-old who called 911

This December 2022 photo provided by Nakala Murry of Indianola, Mississippi shows her 11-year-old son Aderrien Murry.
This December 2022 photo provided by Nakala Murry of Indianola, Mississippi shows her 11-year-old son Aderrien Murry. Photograph: AP

A Mississippi family has demanded a police officer be dismissed and charged with aggravated assault for shooting an 11-year-old boy when police responded to the child’s own domestic disturbance call at his home.

Aderrien Murry, who called police at the request of his mother, was unarmed and following instructions from Indianola officer Greg Capers. Then Capers shot him in the chest early last Saturday morning, seriously wounding him, family attorney Carlos Moore said.

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