'Family demands answers after 11-year-old shot by police officer responding to 911 call'
- The 11-year-old boy suffered severe injuries including a collapsed lung and fractured ribs after being shot in the chest by a police officer responding to his 911 call for help during a domestic disturbance.
- The officer involved has been suspended pending an investigation into the shooting.
- The boy's family is calling for the officer to be fired and charged and demanding the release of police body camera footage of the incident..
- The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation is assessing the shooting to determine if any charges will be filed.
- The community rallied around the family at a sit-in demanding justice and answers as to why the unarmed child was shot.