Shooting of Jeremy Mardis



On November 3, 2015, Jeremy Mardis (/ˈmɑːrdis/), a six-year-old boy, was killed in Marksville, Louisiana, in a shooting that also wounded his father Chris Few. Two Marksville law enforcement officers, Derrick Stafford and Norris Greenhouse Jr., were arrested on charges of second-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder as a result of the incident. The use of a body-worn video camera was cited as being contributory to the speed of the arrests.