MARKSVILLE, La. (AP) – After 12 hours of examining forensics in a shooting that left a 6-year-old boy dead, Louisiana investigators will meet with the city marshals who fired on the vehicle in which the boy was riding.
Col. Mike Edmonson, head of the Louisiana State Police, said he would travel to the central Louisiana city of Marksville on Thursday to discuss the shooting with his investigative team and the city’s police chief. He said state police investigators would speak with the two city marshals involved in the shooting.
The marshals were chasing a vehicle driven by Chris Few on Tuesday night after Few fled while they attempted to serve a warrant, Avoyelles Parish Coroner Dr. L.J. Mayeux said. Few reached a dead end and was backing into the marshals when they fired, Mayeux said.
Mayeux said Few’s son, 6-year-old Jeremy Mardis, died from multiple gunshot wounds to the head and chest. The boy, he said, was “caught in the line of fire” and killed. Few was listed in serious condition Wednesday, hospital officials said.
Edmonson said he will sit with his investigative team and the Marksville police chief to determine what happened.