6yo #Autistic boy SHOT dead by cops while chasing his father's car.

Two law enforcement officers face murder charges in the death of a 6-year-old autistic boy: https://t.co/X7vJB3zU4C pic.twitter.com/RouUp1gw5s

— CBS News (@CBSNews) November 7, 2015

No doubt the dad should be charged too for endangering his son. 

Hello Beautiful reports that Officers Norris Greenhouse Jr. and Derrick Stafford have been charged with second-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder following the death of six-year-old Jeremy Mardis.

Greenhouse and Stafford were shooting at Mardis’ father, Chris Few who was critically injured in the incident which took place in the central Louisiana town of Marksville.

A total of 18 shots were fired. The young boy was in the front seat of his father’s pickup truck wearing his seatbelt while he was fatally wounded five times in the head and chest. His father received bullet fragments to the head and lungs.

Four officers were involved in the incident, however, no word on whether or not the other two will face charges. But one was wearing a bodycam and the footage helped lead to the arrest of Greenhouse and Stafford.

There’s no word on the cause of the incident but Col. Mike Edmonson, Superintendent of the Louisiana State Police shared, “As a father, much less head of the state police, I looked at that tape [and] I said this is incredibly disturbing.”

According to the NY Daily News, authorities are in the midst of piecing together evidence from the crime scene including 911 calls and witness interviews.

The DailyMail also uncovered that both officers have a history of misconduct. In 2011, Greenhouse was indicted by a grand jury on two counts of aggravated rape. There also five pending civil lawsuits against the officers including incidents of unlawful tasering as well as an excessive force case in which Stafford was said to have broken the arm of a 15-year-old girl while placing her under arrest.

Should Greenhouse and Stafford’s badges have been taken long before this incident?

Is there a double standard when it comes to justice for Caucasian and African American victims? Do you think the police would have been charged so immediately if the victim were a black boy?

New York City cop Randolph Holder dies after being shot in East Harlem on Tuesday 20th October 2015

Randolph Holder, a 33-year-old New York Police Department officer, was killed in the line of fire during a shootout late Tuesday night.

Mr Holder had responded to gunshots on Saturday near East 102nd Street and 1st Avenue in Harlem at 830pm EST, NBC New York reports. After confronting a man who was riding a bike, police exchanged gunfire with the man and Mr Holder was struck in the head. The officer was rushed to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead at 10:22pm EST.

The suspect, who hasn't been identified, was also wounded and apprehended during the shooting. He was rushed to the hospital and was taken into police custody on Wednesday morning.

Mr Holder was a third generation police officer in his family with his father and grandfather serving as cops in Guyana.

Police Commissioner Bill Bratton held back tears during a press conference Tuesday night calling the fallen officer a "superhero" who ran toward danger.

"I extend our deepest condolences to his family, especially to his father, who in his time of grief sought to comfort the officers from PSA 5. He was strong enough and brave enough to go in and address them. As they tried to comfort him, he in fact was comforting them.”

He is the 4th to be killed this year in the line of duty. Truly sad

With files from the Independent

4-yo girl SHOT and killed in road rage shooting in #Albuquerque #NewMexico

"This is one of those crimes that is unexplainable. It's 100% preventable. It did not have to happen. We need to rise up as a community and say enough is enough."


ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Police are asking for the public's help as authorities try to identify and find an assailant who shot and killed a four-year-old girl on an Albuquerque freeway.

The shooting about an hour before the start of evening rush hour on Tuesday was the result of what Police Chief Gorden Eden described as an unexplainable crime brought on by road rage.

Interstate 40, the highway where the shooting happened, would have been heavy with traffic at the time the shooter opened fire, he said.

"We have absolutely no suspect information at this time," he said. "We need the community's help. You had to have seen something. Please call us."

He confirmed the girl's death at an evening news conference, saying the shooting represented "a terrible, tragic loss" and a "disrespect for human life."

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Two arrests in Newry shootings investigation in Northern #Ireland

Two men have been arrested by police investigating two shootings in Newry, County Down, last month.

Two men were shot in the legs during attacks on Sandy Street and Armagh Road in the city on 17 September.

Police searched a house at Churchill Park in Portadown on Tuesday night and arrested two men aged 34 and 20.

The 34-year-old is being questioned on suspicion of attempted murder, as well as the possession of firearms and class A drugs.

The 20-year-old was arrested for possession of firearms in suspicious circumstances and possession of class A drugs.

Three guns and a quantity of suspected drugs were seized during the search.

Last month, a 26-year-old man was charged with two counts of attempted murder, kidnapping and possession of a firearm with intent over the two shootings in Newry.

In the first incident, a man called at a house in Sandys Street and, after an argument, shot the occupant in the leg.

A short time later, another man, was taken from a house at Ardfield Avenue, Warrenpoint, by four masked men and driven to the Armagh Road in Newry, where he was also shot in leg.

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Blood-spattered car linked to Auburn bus stop shootings in #Tacoma

A blood-spattered car found abandoned in Tacoma is believed to be the one used by a suspect or suspects who shot a teenage boy and his father at a bus stop in Auburn on Tuesday, police said. The car, a green-and-black Acura, has been reported stolen out of Federal Way and matches witness descriptions of the suspects' vehicle. It was recovered Tuesday night in Tacoma, said Cmdr. Steve Stocker of the Auburn police.
Blood spatters on the driver’s window and seat area are believed to be from the 17-year-old boy, who was shot at close range when he approached the car at a bus stop in the area of 21st Street SE and F Street SE. The teen died at the scene, Stocker said.

The boy's 41-year-old father also was shot and is now listed in critical condition at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. He is not expected to recover, Stocker said. He said investigators are checking for possible fingerprints on the Acura and other evidence.

"Hopefully that will lead us to who the suspects are," Stocker said.

The incident unfolded sometime before 5:30 p.m. Tuesday as the father and his two sons were sitting at the bus stop. The Acura pulled up to the curb and the 17-year-old son approached the car. There was an altercation, and someone in the Acura opened fire, hitting the 17-year-old son and the father. The second son was not hurt.

Police say the victims had no known gang affiliations or connections.

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Two juvenile girls killed and teen boy injured in #Colerain Township near #Cincinnati: Shooter relative surrenders

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Two juvenile girls have died in a shooting in Colerain Township. A third teenage victim is being treated at the hospital.

Police were called to a home on Banning Road just before 3 a.m. The suspect surrendered once police arrived on scene.

Police have not released further details.

Investigators were called to the 4200 block of Matson Avenue in Deer Park around 12:30 a.m. for a shooting that turned deadly. The Hamilton County Coroner's Office said Zachariah Stookey, 20, was killed.

Investigators said they are in shock because this type of violence does not happen in Deer Park.

However, the police chief said the department is working aggressively to find a suspect, and that they are equipped to handle the investigation.

Around 12:50 a.m., someone was shot at the Third Base Bar on Crawford Street in Middletown.

Emergency crews took the victim to Atrium Medical Center with unknown injuries. There is no word yet on any arrests.

Then around 1 a.m., Cincinnati police were called to a shooting in Over-the-Rhine.

Investigators say a man and woman were walking by the Shell Gas Station on Liberty Street when the man got into an argument with another man. The suspect allegedly opened fire, shooting the man who was walking with the woman.

The bullet hit the victim in the leg. He is in stable condition at University of Cincinnati Medical Center. Police are now questioning the suspect.

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Shootings in #Chicago leaves 5 wounded!

Five people, including a 16-year-old boy, were wounded in separate shootings Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning, Chicago police said.

A 21-year-old man was shot in the left calf and drove himself to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn about 1:20 a.m., police said. He told investigators he had been shot in the 5500 block of South Troy Street in the Gage Park neighborhood. He was stepping off a porch when he heard shots and felt pain, police said.

A man, 26, was grazed in the head in the 5300 block of West Altgeld Avenue about 10:10 p.m. He drove himself to Community First Medical Center after getting shot, police said. He's in good condition.

A 28-year-old man walked into Saint Bernard Hospital & Healthcare Center about 8:35 p.m., police said. He was standing in the 1700 block of West 61st Street when he heard shots and felt pain. He was later transferred to Stroger Hospital. Earlier, a 26-year-old man was injured after being shot in the 5300 block of South Justine Street in the Back of the Yards neighborhood at 4:50 p.m., according to Officer Thomas Sweeney, a police spokesman. The man was shot in the leg while he was driving a car on Justine, Sweeney said. After being shot, the man continued driving to the 1500 block of West Garfield Boulevard, Sweeney said. At that point, the man got out of his vehicle and ran to 57th and Ashland, where paramedics took him to Stroger Hospital, Sweeney said. The man's condition had stabilized. Police said he is a known gang member and believe the shooting was gang related.

A 16-year-old boy was critically wounded in a shooting Tuesday on the West Side, police said.The shooting happened at 12:10 p.m. in the 4900 block of West Monroe Street in the Austin neighborhood, according to police. The victim was taken to West Suburban Hospital before he was transferred to Stroger Hospital in critical condition, police said.

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