Aderrien Murry, who known as police on the request of his mom, was unarmed and following directions from Indianola officer Greg Capers when Capers shot him within the chest final Saturday, household lawyer Carlos Moore mentioned.

“We are demanding justice,” Moore mentioned on Thursday throughout a protest that his regulation workplace confirmed on a livestream video.

“An 11-year-old Black boy in the city of Indianola came within an inch of losing his life,” Moore mentioned at Indianola City Hall. “He had done nothing wrong and everything right.”

Aderrien’s mom, Nakala Murry, mentioned her son is “blessed” to be alive however he doesn’t perceive why an officer shot him.

“This was the worst moment in my life and I feel like nobody cares. That’s my child, y’all,” Nakala mentioned as she cried within the foyer of City Hall.

Moore mentioned Nakala requested her son to name police at 4 am when the daddy of one in every of her different youngsters confirmed up at her house. Moore mentioned the person was irate and Nakala felt threatened, Al Jazeera reported.

“He called the police to come to his mother’s rescue,” Moore mentioned of Aderrien. “He called his grandmother to come to his mother’s rescue. The police came there and escalated the situation.”

Moore mentioned two officers responded and one kicked within the entrance door earlier than Murry opened it. She informed them the intruder had left the house however three youngsters had been inside, the lawyer added.

According to Moore, Murry informed him Capers yelled into the house and mentioned anybody inside ought to come out with their palms up. Moore mentioned Aderrien walked into the lounge with nothing in his palms, and Capers shot him within the chest.

Indianola City Attorney Kimberly Merchant confirmed to The Enterprise-Tocsin newspaper in Indianola that Capers is the officer who fired the shot.

Moore known as for bodycam video to be launched and objected to Capers being positioned on paid go away pending the investigation.

Murry was taken to the University of Mississippi Medical Center for remedy and launched on Wednesday, CNN reported. The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation introduced it’s probing the taking pictures.

The incident is the newest in a string of police shootings of unarmed African Americans. In April, officers responded to a home violence name on the improper home and killed a 52-year-old man in New Mexico.

Breonna Taylor was killed in 2020 throughout a botched police raid in Louisville, Kentucky.