The two marshals charged with fatally shooting a 6-year-old Louisiana boy and critically injuring his father will be held on $1 million bond...
Derrick Stafford, 32, of Mansura, and Norris Greenhouse Jr., 23, of Marksville, each face charges of second-degree murder and second-degree attempted murder for the shooting death of Jeremy Mardis, who was killed when marshals fired on the child's father's vehicle on Tuesday. Mardis' father, Chris Few, was critically injured.
Investigators have been analyzing evidence to determine what sparked the shooting, which Louisiana State Police said happened "at the conclusion of a pursuit." Mardis was struck by five bullets, according to the Avoyelles Parish coroner's office.
Two Louisiana police officers, Derrick Stafford, left, and Norris Greenhouse Jr., were arrested Friday in the shooting death of a 6-year-old autistic boy, which occurred as during a chase as both officers were working side jobs as city marshals, authorities said. Louisiana State Police Greenhouse and Stafford — who are being held at the Avoyelles Parish jail, according to jail records — will be ordered to home detainment with electronic monitoring if they meet bond, according to Avoyelles court documents.
District Attorney Charles A. Riddle recused himself from the case on Monday because one of his assistant prosecutors is Greenhouse's father, he said. The state attorney general's office will take over the prosecution, according to The Associated Press.
Greenhouse was a full-time marshal for the nearby city of Alexandria, and Stafford was a lieutenant with the Marksville police department, said Louisiana State Police superintendent Col. Michael Edmonson.
Edmonson said Friday that body camera footage helped lead to their arrests. "I can tell you, as a father, it was one of the most disturbing things I've witnessed," Edmonson said of the footage.
"We've got to find out what caused those officers to effect that pursuit, to effect that traffic stop, and what caused them to fire their weapons," Edmonson told NBC News Sunday night.
Mardis, whose family members have said was autistic, will be buried Monday after a funeral service in Mississippi, where he had recently moved from, according to an obituary. "He was a very loving little boy and a true gift from God," the obituary said.
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