The family of Aderrien Murry has filed a federal lawsuit demanding a trial and millions of dollars in punitive damages after Aderrien was shot by a police officer.
A cop shot Aderrien in the chest while responding to a domestic disturbance call at the 11-year-old boy’s home on Saturday, May 20.
The complaint names the city of Indianola, Mississippi, Indianola Police Chief Ronald Sampson, and the responding cop, Officer Greg Capers, as defendants stating that the named parties “breached their duty to monitor, care for, and provide necessary safety to all civilians, by deliberately shooting an unarmed 11-year-old.”
The suit, obtained by Atlanta Black Star, states that Officer Capers used excessive and negligent force against Aderrien in the shooting, depriving them of their Fourth and 14th Amendment rights. It also cites that the defendants recklessly endangered and disregarded the lives of Aderrien and his family members and are liable for civil assault and battery.
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Indianola officers were called to Aderrien’s home around 4 a.m. on May 20 after the father of one of Aderrien’s siblings arrived in an “irate” state, according to Aderrien’s mother Nakala Murry. Aderrien’s mother instructed him to call the police. Aderrien, his mother, and two other children were home that morning.
When Capers arrived, he approached the front door of the home with his gun drawn and requested everyone inside to exit. The suit states that 11-year-old Aderrien was coming around the corner of a hallway into the living room area to come out of the home when Officer Capers fired his gun and shot him in the chest.
“It felt like a Taser, like a big punch to the chest,” he told the news outlet of the shooting. “I was bleeding — bleeding from my mouth. Then I would just…
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