Mississippi police sergeant who shot unarmed boy, 11, in chest isn't charged by grand jury
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Jackson, Miss. — A Mississippi grand jury has declined to indict a police officer who responded to a call and shot and wounded an unarmed 11-year-old boy inside the home.
The grand jury found that Indianola Police Sgt. Greg Capers didn't engage in criminal conduct when he shot Aderrien Murry in the chest on May 20 while responding to a domestic dispute. Murry was hospitalized for five days with a collapsed lung, lacerated liver and fractured ribs from the gunshot wound in his chest.
The Mississippi Attorney General's Office, which presented the case to a Sunflower County grand jury, announced the decision Thursday. In a written statement, Carlos Moore, Murry's attorney, said the family would seek accountability through a federal civil lawsuit.
