Jury convicts former Louisiana cop in killing of 6-year-old

By Jennifer Cruz

Derrick Stafford arrives at court last week. (Photo: Associated Press)
After three hours of deliberation Friday, a Louisiana jury found a former Marksville police officer guilty of manslaughter for the shooting death of a six-year-old autistic boy in 2015.
The jury’s 10-2 vote convicted of Derrick Stafford, 33, of manslaughter and attempted manslaughter, according to reports. Stafford and another officer, Norris Greenhouse, Jr., fired on the boy’s father after a two-mile chase. The boy, Jeremy Mardis, was killed and his father, Christopher Few, was injured.
Fourteen of the 18 shots fired at Few’s vehicle were traced back to Stafford’s gun while the remaining two were traced to Greenhouse’s service pistol. At least three of the shots fired by Stafford struck Mardis. A fourth round that struck the first-grader could not be definitively traced to either officer’s gun. Few was also struck by gunfire and, although seriously injured, survived.
Neither officer was aware that Mardis was in the vehicle when they opened fired and, as captured on body cam footage, the discovery of the child in the car left the officers physically sick at the scene. “Never in a million years would I have fired my weapon if I knew a child was in that car,”

Source: Guns.com