--- description: Two police officers in central Louisiana have been indicted on murder charges in the shooting death of a 6-year-old boy. title: Louisiana Cops Indicted on Murder Charges in Boy’s Shooting Death image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta6f7707ddb407ccb/698874ed428a9ec9eacd085d/norris-greenhouse-jr.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Louisiana Police Officers Indicted on Murder Charges in Boy’s Shooting Death  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 10, 2015 11:13 PM CUT  Marksville City Marshal Derrick Stafford, left, and Marksville City Marshal Norris Greenhouse Jr. were arrested on charges of second-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder in the Nov. 3, 2015 in Marksville, La. Marksville City Marshal Derrick Stafford, left, and Marksville City Marshal Norris Greenhouse Jr. were arrested on charges of second-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder in the Nov. 3, 2015 in Marksville, La.Louisiana State Police/AP  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 10, 2015 11:13 PM CUT Two police officers in central Louisiana have been indicted by a grand jury on murder charges in the shooting death of a 6-year-old boy after they opened fire into his father’s car. Norris Greenhouse Jr., 23, and Lt. Derrick Stafford, 32, were indicted Thursday on second-degree murder for the killing of Jeremy Mardis and attempted second-degree murder charges for injuring his father, [the _Acadiana Advocate_ reported](http://theadvocate.com/news/acadiana/14248610-123/avoyelles-grand-jury-expected-to-hear-evidence-in-marksville-officer-shooting-case-today "undefined"). The officers, who are both Marksville deputy marshals, are accused of fatally shooting Mardis and critically wounding his 25-year-old father Christopher Few after a pursuit in November. The boy was killed after being shot five times in the head and chest, the Avoyelles Parish coroner said. \[[_Acadiana Advocate_](http://theadvocate.com/news/acadiana/14248610-123/avoyelles-grand-jury-expected-to-hear-evidence-in-marksville-officer-shooting-case-today "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4145330/louisiana-cops-murder-boy/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4145330/louisiana-cops-murder-boy/"},"headline":"Louisiana Police Officers Indicted on Murder Charges in Boy’s Shooting Death","datePublished":"2015-12-10T23:13:02.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T08:57:35.563Z","description":"Jeremy Mardis, 6, was shot to death inside his father's car","url":"https://time.com/4145330/louisiana-cops-murder-boy/","keywords":["Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta6f7707ddb407ccb/698874ed428a9ec9eacd085d/norris-greenhouse-jr.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Chan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta6f7707ddb407ccb/698874ed428a9ec9eacd085d/norris-greenhouse-jr.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Derrick Stafford, Norris Greenhouse Jr.","caption":"Derrick Stafford, Norris Greenhouse Jr.","creditText":"Louisiana State Police/AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4145330/louisiana-cops-murder-boy/","name":"Louisiana Police Officers Indicted on Murder Charges in Boy’s Shooting Death"}}]}] ```