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Family of 11-year-old shot by police files $5m negligence lawsuit

Aderrien Murry suffered a collapsed lung after being shot in the chest by police in Indianola, Mississippi [File: Courtesy of Nakala Murry/AP Photo]

Lawyers for the family of an 11-year-old boy shot by police have filed a $5m civil lawsuit in a United States district court on Tuesday, alleging negligence, use of excessive force and a violation of the child’s constitutional rights.

“My client, Aderrien Murry, did everything right and nothing wrong,” lawyer Carlos Moore said of the 11-year-old victim, who spent five days in the hospital, recovering from a punctured lung, a lacerated liver and fractured ribs.

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