911 call for help leads to tragic police shooting of 11-year-old boy in Mississippi

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Aderrien Murry, an 11-year-old boy, was shot in the chest by a police officer in Indianola, Mississippi, as he complied with commands to come out of his home. The officer, identified as Greg Capers, has been placed on administrative leave, but the police department is refusing to release his bodycam footage. The family is demanding answers and justice, and their attorney is planning to file a federal civil lawsuit against the city of Indianola and individual officers involved. The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation has opened an investigation into the shooting.
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