(Trends Wide)– The 11-year-old boy who was shot in the chest by a Mississippi police officer after calling 911 for help says he began to pray and sing during what he thought would be his last moments of life as his mother pressed on his wound to stop the bleeding. .
Aderrien Murry sang the evangelical song “No Weapon Formed Against Me Shall Prosper” in the moments after the May 20 shooting, he told Trends Wide’s Nick Valencia in an interview on Tuesday. He then told his mother to tell his family and his teacher that he was “sorry about what he had done.”
It was their prayers that helped save his life, Aderrien said. But thoughts of what could have happened still haunt him.
“Sometimes I can see myself lying inside the coffin. Those are my nightly thoughts, the only ones I have,” says Aderrien, speaking quietly throughout the interview, but often with wisdom far beyond his young age. . “Sometimes I think people are watching me. But the main thing I think about is me dead, inside the coffin.”
Nearly 10 days after the shooting, Aderrien told Trends Wide that parts of his body still hurt, he has trouble breathing and is unable to do things like run or jump. But he is alive, and that, he said, is “by the grace of God.”
“I think God has a plan for me. I don’t know yet,” he said, but “I will soon.”
Aderrien Murry, right, and his mother Nakala show Trends Wide where he was shot. Credit: Trends Wide
He followed the orders of the police and was shot
Aderrien was shot in the chest by an Indianola Police Department officer while the officer was responding to a domestic disturbance call at the boy’s home, Trends Wide previously reported. Indianola police confirmed that the officer who shot Aderrien was Greg Capers.
Capers has not responded to Trends Wide’s requests for comment. Police have not provided additional details about the shooting.
The shooting is being investigated by the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation.
Last week, the Indianola Board of Aldermen voted to place Capers on paid administrative leave while the shooting investigation is conducted, the attorney representing the boy and his mother told Trends Wide.
The boy’s mother, Nakala Murry, told Aderrien to call the police after the father of another of her children arrived at her home after 4am that Saturday in an “angry” state.
Aderrien told Trends Wide that she had told the operator that the man did not have a weapon, and that her mother also told police when they arrived that she did not have a weapon.
Upon arrival, the police yelled at everyone in the house to come out with their hands up, the boy recalled. And when Aderrien came out, they shot him.
“I just tried to follow the police orders, but I guess it didn’t work,” the boy said.
After the shooting, the boy was intubated and connected to an artificial respirator, according to Trends Wide. He had a collapsed lung, fractured ribs and a lacerated liver, according to his mother. He was released Wednesday.
“If I hadn’t been briefed on the case, I wouldn’t have believed this could be possible. An unarmed 11-year-old boy was shot by a trained officer?” Carlos Moore, the attorney representing the boy and his mother, told Trends Wide. “For him to do this, shoot a child who obeyed his orders, came out with his hands up, and was shot in the chest. Unheard of.”
“(Aderrien) trusted the police, she called the police to come to her mother’s aid and she turns around and is shot by the police officer she called to rescue them,” Moore added.
Moore claimed that the incident was recorded on police body cameras, adding that his request for such footage was denied due to the ongoing investigation.
In an off-camera interview with Trends Wide, Indianola Mayor Ken Featherstone said the Board of Aldermen would meet again on an emergency Tuesday to discuss the camera footage of the incident.
The minor’s family filed a lawsuit in federal court claiming US$5 million for excess force, negligence, reckless endangerment, and civil assault, among other charges.
The mayor said, regarding the lawsuit, that he hopes to “fix everybody,” but that the city “doesn’t have $5 million in the bank.”
The family wants the agent to be fired
Aderrien told Trends Wide that he wants to know why he was shot and that the officer who did it lose his job.
“I could have lost my life. All because of you,” he said when asked what he would say to Capers. “I want you fired for what you did to me.”
His perception of the police has changed since the shooting, he added. But that’s not all he’s changed: when he’s alone in dark rooms, he often thinks there are people and agents inside his house. Sometimes he thinks he sees the officer who shot him “standing on street corners, staring at me.”
During the same interview, Nakala Murry said she is grateful her son is alive, but she wants justice for what happened, and that includes better training for police officers and firing Capers.
“I’m upset, but I’m so overjoyed to have my son that I don’t have time to be upset, I trust the law to make the right decision,” she said Tuesday, but added: “Something has to be done.”
He wonders if it would have been safer if he hadn’t called the police in the first place. And he told Trends Wide that after he dropped to the ground to help put pressure on his son’s gunshot wound and began to pray with Aderrien, the officer began to pray with them.
“We just need peace,” he said. “And we need justice.”
Featherstone, the mayor, said he could not support firing the police officer “before I know all the facts, and at this point I don’t know all the facts.” He also added that he has not seen the body camera footage of the incident and that he has not spoken to Capers.
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(Trends Wide)– The 11-year-old boy who was shot in the chest by a Mississippi police officer after calling 911 for help says he began to pray and sing during what he thought would be his last moments of life as his mother pressed on his wound to stop the bleeding. .
Aderrien Murry sang the evangelical song “No Weapon Formed Against Me Shall Prosper” in the moments after the May 20 shooting, he told Trends Wide’s Nick Valencia in an interview on Tuesday. He then told his mother to tell his family and his teacher that he was “sorry about what he had done.”
It was their prayers that helped save his life, Aderrien said. But thoughts of what could have happened still haunt him.
“Sometimes I can see myself lying inside the coffin. Those are my nightly thoughts, the only ones I have,” says Aderrien, speaking quietly throughout the interview, but often with wisdom far beyond his young age. . “Sometimes I think people are watching me. But the main thing I think about is me dead, inside the coffin.”
Nearly 10 days after the shooting, Aderrien told Trends Wide that parts of his body still hurt, he has trouble breathing and is unable to do things like run or jump. But he is alive, and that, he said, is “by the grace of God.”
“I think God has a plan for me. I don’t know yet,” he said, but “I will soon.”
Aderrien Murry, right, and his mother Nakala show Trends Wide where he was shot. Credit: Trends Wide
He followed the orders of the police and was shot
Aderrien was shot in the chest by an Indianola Police Department officer while the officer was responding to a domestic disturbance call at the boy’s home, Trends Wide previously reported. Indianola police confirmed that the officer who shot Aderrien was Greg Capers.
Capers has not responded to Trends Wide’s requests for comment. Police have not provided additional details about the shooting.
The shooting is being investigated by the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation.
Last week, the Indianola Board of Aldermen voted to place Capers on paid administrative leave while the shooting investigation is conducted, the attorney representing the boy and his mother told Trends Wide.
The boy’s mother, Nakala Murry, told Aderrien to call the police after the father of another of her children arrived at her home after 4am that Saturday in an “angry” state.
Aderrien told Trends Wide that she had told the operator that the man did not have a weapon, and that her mother also told police when they arrived that she did not have a weapon.
Upon arrival, the police yelled at everyone in the house to come out with their hands up, the boy recalled. And when Aderrien came out, they shot him.
“I just tried to follow the police orders, but I guess it didn’t work,” the boy said.
After the shooting, the boy was intubated and connected to an artificial respirator, according to Trends Wide. He had a collapsed lung, fractured ribs and a lacerated liver, according to his mother. He was released Wednesday.
“If I hadn’t been briefed on the case, I wouldn’t have believed this could be possible. An unarmed 11-year-old boy was shot by a trained officer?” Carlos Moore, the attorney representing the boy and his mother, told Trends Wide. “For him to do this, shoot a child who obeyed his orders, came out with his hands up, and was shot in the chest. Unheard of.”
“(Aderrien) trusted the police, she called the police to come to her mother’s aid and she turns around and is shot by the police officer she called to rescue them,” Moore added.
Moore claimed that the incident was recorded on police body cameras, adding that his request for such footage was denied due to the ongoing investigation.
In an off-camera interview with Trends Wide, Indianola Mayor Ken Featherstone said the Board of Aldermen would meet again on an emergency Tuesday to discuss the camera footage of the incident.
The minor’s family filed a lawsuit in federal court claiming US$5 million for excess force, negligence, reckless endangerment, and civil assault, among other charges.
The mayor said, regarding the lawsuit, that he hopes to “fix everybody,” but that the city “doesn’t have $5 million in the bank.”
The family wants the agent to be fired
Aderrien told Trends Wide that he wants to know why he was shot and that the officer who did it lose his job.
“I could have lost my life. All because of you,” he said when asked what he would say to Capers. “I want you fired for what you did to me.”
His perception of the police has changed since the shooting, he added. But that’s not all he’s changed: when he’s alone in dark rooms, he often thinks there are people and agents inside his house. Sometimes he thinks he sees the officer who shot him “standing on street corners, staring at me.”
During the same interview, Nakala Murry said she is grateful her son is alive, but she wants justice for what happened, and that includes better training for police officers and firing Capers.
“I’m upset, but I’m so overjoyed to have my son that I don’t have time to be upset, I trust the law to make the right decision,” she said Tuesday, but added: “Something has to be done.”
He wonders if it would have been safer if he hadn’t called the police in the first place. And he told Trends Wide that after he dropped to the ground to help put pressure on his son’s gunshot wound and began to pray with Aderrien, the officer began to pray with them.
“We just need peace,” he said. “And we need justice.”
Featherstone, the mayor, said he could not support firing the police officer “before I know all the facts, and at this point I don’t know all the facts.” He also added that he has not seen the body camera footage of the incident and that he has not spoken to Capers.
