Court releases video of police shooting that killed Louisiana boy

MARKSVILLE, La. – The public is getting its first look at a police body camera video that shows two deputy city marshals opening fire on a car, killing a 6-year-old boy and critically wounding his father in Louisiana.

Prosecutors showed the tape in court Wednesday to support their claim that one of the deputies, Derrick Stafford, had a pattern of using excessive force – including last November’s fatal shooting of 6-year-old Jeremy Mardis in Marksville.

Defense attorneys argue the deputies acted in self-defense and claim the boy’s father, Christopher Few, rammed into a deputy’s vehicle before they fired.

However, state District Court Judge William Bennett said it doesn’t show Few using his car as a “deadly weapon” at the time of the shooting.

The court released the video to reporters after the hearing.