Thu Nov 5, 2015, 08:33 AM

Cops shoot six year old five times and kill him in pursuit of his father, trying to serve warrant.

authorities said a 6-year-old child was shot five times and killed, his father was critically injured, after a police pursuit and shooting Tuesday night. The child, Jeremy Mardis, was sitting in the front passenger seat of a vehicle when the situation unfolded.

Louisiana State Police reported it happened in Marksville, LA around 9:30 p.m.

Dr. L.J. Mayeux, coroner of Avoyelles Parish says the father of the victim, Chris Few, had warrants out for his arrest. Ward 2 City Marshal deputies spotted Few's vehicle on Washington Street. Instead of pulling over, Few led deputies on a chase through Marksville, finally turning down Martin Luther King Dr., which is a dead end street.

Mayeux says Few backed into the marshal's vehicle several times and would not come out. That is when a gun battle ensued between the marshals and Few.

Read more: http://www.fox10tv.com/story/30434913/autistic-6-year-old-shot-5-times-killed-during-police-pursuit#ixzz3qcjJCjN3

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Cops shoot six year old five times and kill him in pursuit of his father, trying to serve warrant. (Original post)	Liberal_in_LA	Nov 2015	OP
This is ridiculous	gwheezie	Nov 2015	#1
I wonder what the warrant was about	Liberal_in_LA	Nov 2015	#5
I believed I was lied to by the supervisor of the Marksville Police Department	Tsiyu	Nov 2015	#35
Based on info in this link, it appears arrest warrants are NOT public information	mnhtnbb	Nov 2015	#112
I feared that Louisiana had their own fucked up laws as they do for probate	Tsiyu	Nov 2015	#113
I cannot believe that whatever was in the warrant justified shooting into a car with a child in it.	mnhtnbb	Nov 2015	#114
No, there isn't any reason for the cops in LA to serve	Tsiyu	Nov 2015	#116
It looks like no warrant exists	Liberal_in_LA	Nov 2015	#158
It would be ironic if it was about child support.	Spitfire of ATJ	Nov 2015	#75
... Edmonson said .. he wasn't aware .. a warrant .. existed for Few's arrest ...	struggle4progress	Nov 2015	#147
Might have been a case of "cop disrespect" where he ticked them off	Liberal_in_LA	Nov 2015	#157
... Louisiana state police say they cannot find any warrant for Few ...	struggle4progress	Nov 2015	#148
But that would not be as exciting as a high speed pursuit! nt	tblue37	Nov 2015	#33
Not ridiculous. Evil. They had no business shooting blindly into that vehicle. n/t	pnwmom	Nov 2015	#107
I blame the father.	GOLGO 13	Nov 2015	#2
wow	SoLeftIAmRight	Nov 2015	#7
So? What was he thinking when the car-chase erupted into a shoot-out?	DetlefK	Nov 2015	#11
I have seen your "thinking" in other threads	SoLeftIAmRight	Nov 2015	#14
Reality: Parents normally care about their kids.	DetlefK	Nov 2015	#20
parents of autistic children are not "normal"	SoLeftIAmRight	Nov 2015	#26
It's unfair to judge him by a real-life-decision but fair to judge him by one out-of-context photo?	DetlefK	Nov 2015	#28
I am judging you	SoLeftIAmRight	Nov 2015	#31
Seriously?	DetlefK	Nov 2015	#50
You have let you thinking run off the rails	SoLeftIAmRight	Nov 2015	#51
You need some hobbies other than arguing with people on DU...	Human101948	Nov 2015	#72
talents?	SoLeftIAmRight	Nov 2015	#74
What is your actual grievance with me? That I don't jump to conclusions?	DetlefK	Nov 2015	#78
wow - we see things differently	SoLeftIAmRight	Nov 2015	#79
Now I'm confused.	DetlefK	Nov 2015	#89
Dumbed-down people always agree with the "official statement"	Tsiyu	Nov 2015	#100
+1	Pastiche423	Nov 2015	#126
Please read what I actually wrote, instead of making fact-free accusations.	DetlefK	Nov 2015	#128
Your words speak for themselves	Tsiyu	Nov 2015	#130
Curses! Foiled again!	DetlefK	Nov 2015	#131
I'm glad you can get a kick out of a mutilated child	Tsiyu	Nov 2015	#132
I'm glad you are getting an excuse for unthinking rage out of a tragedy.	DetlefK	Nov 2015	#166
My thought proccesses are fine	Tsiyu	Nov 2015	#168
This is going nowhere.	DetlefK	Nov 2015	#170
Car chase? Sounds like the father was fleeing for his life. Yes?	Rex	Nov 2015	#173
They had an arrest-warrant for him.	DetlefK	Nov 2015	#174
There was no warrant.	NutmegYankee	Nov 2015	#175
That has been out for a long time now, I don't know why that poster keeps repeating misinformation.	Rex	Nov 2015	#177
There was no arrest warrant for him, why do you keep saying that lie?	Rex	Nov 2015	#176
Why do they keep making excuses? Because they know more about the story than you do.	kcr	Nov 2015	#178
Everything I have written here was based on this one OP.	DetlefK	Nov 2015	#179
No, they didn't have a warrant. Have you offered your mea culpa, yet? You too, GOLGO 13? nt	ChisolmTrailDem	Nov 2015	#182
Mea culpa...	DetlefK	Nov 2015	#184
Deflection. You, and GOLGO 13, blamed the father. It's turned out that he was being the best...	ChisolmTrailDem	Nov 2015	#185
Ha! No.	DetlefK	Nov 2015	#186
What about the cops' instincts?	brush	Nov 2015	#39
+1	FailureToCommunicate	Nov 2015	#41
THE FATHER WAS AN ASS AND DID THE WRONG THING	tkmorris	Nov 2015	#82
bad dad	SoLeftIAmRight	Nov 2015	#86
I never said anything about acceptable or unacceptable.	DetlefK	Nov 2015	#88
But you only choose to address the one act	tkmorris	Nov 2015	#159
Agreed	Mr Dixon	Nov 2015	#84
Or was he high on something and just not thinking.	ileus	Nov 2015	#15
the article does imply that Few shot at them...	lame54	Nov 2015	#57
Good point.	2naSalit	Nov 2015	#90
Reading the article, I don't see any statement that the father was shooting at all. n/t	pnwmom	Nov 2015	#108
anything to say?	SoLeftIAmRight	Nov 2015	#129
Looks like he wasnt backing up or trying to ram them	Liberal_in_LA	Nov 2015	#142
take a look	SoLeftIAmRight	Nov 2015	#151
Hello - want to take a second look?	SoLeftIAmRight	Nov 2015	#167
Sucks to be you	hatrack	Nov 2015	#13
Bye.	closeupready	Nov 2015	#18
What a simplistic way of looking at life.	Rex	Nov 2015	#23
Never the the fault of the blueshirts. Is it?	Ed Suspicious	Nov 2015	#37
I thought this was sarcasm at first	demwing	Nov 2015	#49
So I am guessing	hueymahl	Nov 2015	#56
Seems now that the cops had no warrant or that he rammed the cop cars.	Rex	Nov 2015	#138
Getting a good sniff of Badge Fascist bum? It's awfully good!	Feeling the Bern	Nov 2015	#149
you do? Still?	SoLeftIAmRight	Nov 2015	#150
Wrong. The cops are now charged with murder.	herding cats	Nov 2015	#161
Where the fuck are you? Considering the latest, shouldn't you correct your stupid comment? nt	ChisolmTrailDem	Nov 2015	#183
I think once they sort out the investigation a bit	Zing Zing Zingbah	Nov 2015	#3
no	SoLeftIAmRight	Nov 2015	#6
What makes you think that?	Zing Zing Zingbah	Nov 2015	#8
The suspect was shooting at the cops.	Calista241	Nov 2015	#25
It hasn't been determined that dad was shooting at marshalls	Liberal_in_LA	Nov 2015	#30
I hope they puked when they approached the boy's	Ed Suspicious	Nov 2015	#42
I doubt it	hueymahl	Nov 2015	#58
Or maybe they feel the same way...	3catwoman3	Nov 2015	#76
If that's the case, and the suspect wasn't shooting at the officers	Calista241	Nov 2015	#54
Interesting.	NOLALady	Nov 2015	#38
The mysterious weapon has not shown up...yet	Liberal_in_LA	Nov 2015	#44
Thank Goodness.	NOLALady	Nov 2015	#118
#blueLIESmatter	frylock	Nov 2015	#55
+1	Ed Suspicious	Nov 2015	#83
I bet you are wrong, it will be ruled justified. Nt	Logical	Nov 2015	#61
... Marksville Police Chief Elster Smith Jr. said during a Thursday press conference that	struggle4progress	Nov 2015	#146
I was wrong - sometimes I like being wrong	SoLeftIAmRight	Nov 2015	#152
OMG	polly7	Nov 2015	#4
Omigod. This is out of control!	Baitball Blogger	Nov 2015	#9
Yep. These goons just HAVE to use deadly force whenever they can.	PatrickforO	Nov 2015	#10
our warrant system is abused by the court system & has turned into a death sentence for 'runners'	Sunlei	Nov 2015	#12
And we've accepted that, because "those people" aren't really recognized as people anymore.	ileus	Nov 2015	#16
Do you know if they're obligated to release the warrant info? n/t	OneGrassRoot	Nov 2015	#17
I don't know. All I know is any warrant serving shouldn't equal a home invasion or a death sentence.	Sunlei	Nov 2015	#29
No doubt about that. I'm trying to research stats re: warrants...	OneGrassRoot	Nov 2015	#34
places like Fergenson local court, people get another warrent for not paying a ticket fine or missin	Sunlei	Nov 2015	#45
It seems there was not a warrant.	NOLALady	Nov 2015	#134
Don't forget - shoot the dog!	The Green Manalishi	Nov 2015	#52
Other articles don't even mention Few shooting...	OneGrassRoot	Nov 2015	#19
Thanks for the extra link, it has some updates... but they need spellcheck and a better editor!	Ghost in the Machine	Nov 2015	#59
Take away their guns. Now!!!!!	Initech	Nov 2015	#21
No regard for collateral damage.	lpbk2713	Nov 2015	#22
Sounds like more was going on then the serving of a warrant.	Rex	Nov 2015	#24
No one has said dad shot at marshalls	Liberal_in_LA	Nov 2015	#32
Ummm... The ARTICLE said that he did....	Ghost in the Machine	Nov 2015	#48
yes it does but...	lame54	Nov 2015	#60
Hence my comments in that reply, about hoping there was dashcam footage..	Ghost in the Machine	Nov 2015	#64
i did...	lame54	Nov 2015	#67
Sorry for the confusion... let me try to clear it up for you. Not being snarky, I realize that I was	Ghost in the Machine	Nov 2015	#81
They're lying probably. No incentive to be honest with a crime this unimaginable.	closeupready	Nov 2015	#87
So far,	NOLALady	Nov 2015	#119
LSP: Gun not found in vehicle after officer-involved shooting that killed 6-year-old	NutmegYankee	Nov 2015	#117
Thank you for the update, I just got back home after being gone since posting earlier.. n/t	Ghost in the Machine	Nov 2015	#124
He wasn't backing up	Liberal_in_LA	Nov 2015	#141
Thank you for the further update and link. "Breaking" or "First Reports" are often full of errors,	Ghost in the Machine	Nov 2015	#144
I noticed that and wondered why they were pretending there was a gun fight.	Rex	Nov 2015	#97
Idiots in jackboots.	Ed Suspicious	Nov 2015	#43
The police ran him into a dead end. Desperate terrified people do desperate things.	Sunlei	Nov 2015	#47
It doesn't seem	NOLALady	Nov 2015	#122
You know it use to be policy that police would Not chase vehicles.	fasttense	Nov 2015	#27
This is the whole point for me!	jen63	Nov 2015	#70
I guess the kid should have chosen his friends better.	Ed Suspicious	Nov 2015	#36
OMG! That poor child! He was also Autistic..my heart is breaking right now, at a loss for words..	Ghost in the Machine	Nov 2015	#40
That is fucking horrible.	Enthusiast	Nov 2015	#46
fuck tha police	frylock	Nov 2015	#53
Why did this warrant warrant a car chase? Why was it soooooo important that	valerief	Nov 2015	#62
See tsiyu's post near top of thread. They called the dept. Couldn't get info on the warrant	Liberal_in_LA	Nov 2015	#63
Yes, thanks, I saw it. My question was rhetorical. This killer cop bullshit	valerief	Nov 2015	#68
If cops don't get their way, you die. That's why.	Iggo	Nov 2015	#66
That is CERTAINLY what it seems like. nt	valerief	Nov 2015	#69
"If you run, you're done."	Iggo	Nov 2015	#73
Yay, Cops!	Iggo	Nov 2015	#65
why didn't they see this child in the car? from the first photo above, he appears to be head and	secondwind	Nov 2015	#71
The article said an SUV, the picture is him in a truck, it was 9:30 at night	snooper2	Nov 2015	#77
This message was self-deleted by its author	Liberal_in_LA	Nov 2015	#80
"Thread shall now continue with lots of speculation until more facts and video footage are released"	ChisolmTrailDem	Nov 2015	#91
Between this	Shankapotomus	Nov 2015	#85
the six year old obviously escalated the situation	librechik	Nov 2015	#92
Felony murder rule applies here- dad is responsible.	Lee-Lee	Nov 2015	#93
Defend them now. They murdered a 6 year old boy and got caught doing it.	herding cats	Nov 2015	#160
What I posts was based on the reports available when I posted	Lee-Lee	Nov 2015	#165
Oh-Oh.	Iggo	Nov 2015	#169
The Coroner sheds a bit of light on what took place.	herding cats	Nov 2015	#94
There was absolutely no	deathrind	Nov 2015	#95
The father was using the car as a weapon	Lee-Lee	Nov 2015	#98
No, the cops were using THEIR cars as weapons	Tsiyu	Nov 2015	#102
That's pretty thin.	deathrind	Nov 2015	#105
Whenever someone attempts to ram a cop or a cop car with their vehicle	TeddyR	Nov 2015	#110
I agree that the...	deathrind	Nov 2015	#111
So you believe that serving warrants on people	Tsiyu	Nov 2015	#125
According to latest reports there was no warrant, no gun and no backing up into police cars	Fumesucker	Nov 2015	#139
Local news says the Father was unarmed.	NOLALady	Nov 2015	#120
How do you have a gun "battle" if only one side is armed?	7wo7rees	Nov 2015	#127
Now they can't find the warrant.	NOLALady	Nov 2015	#133
uh oh.. gonna have to find drugs in dad's system or something to justify this	Liberal_in_LA	Nov 2015	#143
Right!	NOLALady	Nov 2015	#140
Do you know if there were any witnesses	NOLALady	Nov 2015	#121
The coroner said today he was backing up because he'd hit a dead end.	herding cats	Nov 2015	#123
That page is blocked for me--someone please clarify something:	Orrex	Nov 2015	#96
The cops were wrong,	Blue_In_AK	Nov 2015	#99
I can't think of an excuse for this	Kalidurga	Nov 2015	#101
So proud to see our brave and selfless kkkops in action once more.	hifiguy	Nov 2015	#103
They better cough up a credible firearm.	Rex	Nov 2015	#106
They do this all the time	HassleCat	Nov 2015	#104
The cops should be fired	rockfordfile	Nov 2015	#109
Odds are though the cops will pin the death on the Father, and wash their hands of it.	Lancero	Nov 2015	#115
No evidence that he backed up into cruisers.	NOLALady	Nov 2015	#135
It seems that he was afraid	NOLALady	Nov 2015	#136
Almost now seems he ran for fear of his life being in jeopardy.	Rex	Nov 2015	#137
Two cops arrested	NOLALady	Nov 2015	#145
Thanks, that's encouraging...	Fumesucker	Nov 2015	#153
Crying here	Tsiyu	Nov 2015	#154
..	Liberal_in_LA	Nov 2015	#156
...	Tsiyu	Nov 2015	#164
I'm right there with you.	herding cats	Nov 2015	#162
...	Tsiyu	Nov 2015	#163
"We took some of the body cam footage. I'm not gonna talk about...	Liberal_in_LA	Nov 2015	#155
As new information becomes available, it seems this particular thread is relevant again	LanternWaste	Nov 2015	#171
Believe me, there is much more to this story. Sad about the kid but this dad's activity is suspect.	kelliekat44	Nov 2015	#181
See now coming back to this story, it didn't make sense the cops obviously meant to murder the man	Rex	Nov 2015	#172
Cop had a festering grudge that his crush was gonna marry someone else. So he shot them,	HickFromTheTick	Nov 2015	#180
We are living in Potterville.	raging moderate	Sep 2016	#187

Response to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)

Thu Nov 5, 2015, 08:36 AM

gwheezie (3,580 posts)

1. This is ridiculous

They knew where he lived, its not like they couldn't have grabbed him up later.

Cops shoot six year old five times and kill him in pursuit of his father, trying to serve warrant.

1. This is ridiculous

5. I wonder what the warrant was about

35. I believed I was lied to by the supervisor of the Marksville Police Department

112. Based on info in this link, it appears arrest warrants are NOT public information

113. I feared that Louisiana had their own fucked up laws as they do for probate

114. I cannot believe that whatever was in the warrant justified shooting into a car with a child in it.

116. No, there isn't any reason for the cops in LA to serve

158. It looks like no warrant exists

75. It would be ironic if it was about child support.

147. ... Edmonson said .. he wasn't aware .. a warrant .. existed for Few's arrest ...

157. Might have been a case of "cop disrespect" where he ticked them off

148. ... Louisiana state police say they cannot find any warrant for Few ...

33. But that would not be as exciting as a high speed pursuit! nt

107. Not ridiculous. Evil. They had no business shooting blindly into that vehicle. n/t

2. I blame the father.

7. wow

11. So? What was he thinking when the car-chase erupted into a shoot-out?

14. I have seen your "thinking" in other threads

20. Reality: Parents normally care about their kids.

26. parents of autistic children are not "normal"

28. It's unfair to judge him by a real-life-decision but fair to judge him by one out-of-context photo?

31. I am judging you

50. Seriously?

51. You have let you thinking run off the rails

72. You need some hobbies other than arguing with people on DU...

74. talents?

78. What is your actual grievance with me? That I don't jump to conclusions?

79. wow - we see things differently

89. Now I'm confused.

100. Dumbed-down people always agree with the "official statement"

126. +1

128. Please read what I actually wrote, instead of making fact-free accusations.

130. Your words speak for themselves

131. Curses! Foiled again!

132. I'm glad you can get a kick out of a mutilated child

166. I'm glad you are getting an excuse for unthinking rage out of a tragedy.

168. My thought proccesses are fine

170. This is going nowhere.

173. Car chase? Sounds like the father was fleeing for his life. Yes?

174. They had an arrest-warrant for him.

175. There was no warrant.

177. That has been out for a long time now, I don't know why that poster keeps repeating misinformation.

176. There was no arrest warrant for him, why do you keep saying that lie?

178. Why do they keep making excuses? Because they know more about the story than you do.

179. Everything I have written here was based on this one OP.

182. No, they didn't have a warrant. Have you offered your mea culpa, yet? You too, GOLGO 13? nt

184. Mea culpa...

185. Deflection. You, and GOLGO 13, blamed the father. It's turned out that he was being the best...

186. Ha! No.

39. What about the cops' instincts?

41. +1

82. THE FATHER WAS AN ASS AND DID THE WRONG THING

86. bad dad

88. I never said anything about acceptable or unacceptable.

159. But you only choose to address the one act

84. Agreed

15. Or was he high on something and just not thinking.

57. the article does imply that Few shot at them...

90. Good point.

108. Reading the article, I don't see any statement that the father was shooting at all. n/t

129. anything to say?

142. Looks like he wasnt backing up or trying to ram them

151. take a look

167. Hello - want to take a second look?

13. Sucks to be you

18. Bye.

23. What a simplistic way of looking at life.

37. Never the the fault of the blueshirts. Is it?

49. I thought this was sarcasm at first

56. So I am guessing

138. Seems now that the cops had no warrant or that he rammed the cop cars.

149. Getting a good sniff of Badge Fascist bum? It's awfully good!

150. you do? Still?

161. Wrong. The cops are now charged with murder.

183. Where the fuck are you? Considering the latest, shouldn't you correct your stupid comment? nt

3. I think once they sort out the investigation a bit

6. no

8. What makes you think that?

25. The suspect was shooting at the cops.