--- description: Investigators cite disturbing body camera footage title: Louisiana Police Officers Charged With Murder of 6-Year-Old Boy image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltffebe812ed4d75dc/69887009f887dc90fee9333e/05015101.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Louisiana](/tag/louisiana/) ## Louisiana Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Louisiana Police Officers Charged With Murder of 6-Year-Old Boy  by [Denver Nicks](/author/denver-nicks/)  ## Denver Nicks Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 7, 2015 2:19 PM CUT  LT. Derrick Stafford was arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of six-year-old Jeremy Mardis on Nov. 6, 2015. LT. Derrick Stafford was arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of six-year-old Jeremy Mardis on Nov. 6, 2015.Louisiana Police Department/EPA  by [Denver Nicks](/author/denver-nicks/)  ## Denver Nicks Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 7, 2015 2:19 PM CUT Two police officers in central Louisiana have been arrested on second-degree murder charges in the [shooting](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/07/us/2-louisiana-officers-charged-with-murder-in-death-of-6-year-old.html?emc=edit%5Fna%5F20151106&nlid=72919783&ref=headline&%5Fr=0 "undefined") death of a 6-year-old boy after they opened fire on his father’s vehicle, state police said Friday. Louisiana state police said in a statement that Norris Greenhouse Jr. and Lt. Derrick Stafford opened fire on an S.U.V. after a pursuit on Tuesday evening in Marksville, a city in north central Louisiana, the New York _Times_ reports. The young boy, Jeremy Mardis, was struck in the head and chest in the shooting. His father, Chris Few, was critically injured. “He didn’t deserve to die like that and that’s what’s important,” state police Superintendent Colonel Michael Edmonson said in a news conference Friday. “That little boy was buckled in the front seat of that vehicle and that was how he died.” “I can tell you as a father it was one of the most disturbing things I have witnessed,” Colonel Edmonson said, the _Times_ reports, referring to body camera footage. Officials declined to say why the officers had been pursuing Few’s vehicle or why they opened fire, or whether two other police officers who were involved in the chase were suspected of any misconduct. \[[NYT](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/07/us/2-louisiana-officers-charged-with-murder-in-death-of-6-year-old.html?emc=edit%5Fna%5F20151106&nlid=72919783&ref=headline&%5Fr=0 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4103770/louisiana-police-charged-with-murder-of-6-year-old-boy/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4103770/louisiana-police-charged-with-murder-of-6-year-old-boy/"},"headline":"Louisiana Police Officers Charged With Murder of 6-Year-Old Boy","datePublished":"2015-11-07T14:19:55.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T12:25:45.151Z","description":"\"He didn’t deserve to die like that and that’s what’s important\"","url":"https://time.com/4103770/louisiana-police-charged-with-murder-of-6-year-old-boy/","keywords":["Louisiana","Murder","Crime","police","Law Enforcement","justice","Police Brutality"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltffebe812ed4d75dc/69887009f887dc90fee9333e/05015101.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Denver Nicks","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/denver-nicks/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltffebe812ed4d75dc/69887009f887dc90fee9333e/05015101.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Officers to be charged in murder of boy in Louisiana","caption":"Officers to be charged in murder of boy in Louisiana","creditText":"Louisiana Police Department/EPA","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":"/tag/louisiana/","name":"Louisiana"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4103770/louisiana-police-charged-with-murder-of-6-year-old-boy/","name":"Louisiana Police Officers Charged With Murder of 6-Year-Old Boy"}}]}] ```