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That writes CNN. Daisha Smalls was at a gas station on March 3 when she heard sirens. Her son Legend was sitting in the backseat.
Suddenly a man ran up to the car and shouted “Give your keys!” to Smalls. Who refused. “I didn’t want to give up my car because I said my child was still in the back. I would never leave my car without my son, ”Smalls told reporters in tears on Tuesday.
Before I knew what had happened, they started shooting at my car. I was afraid of my son. ”
Police regret
Not without reason. The boy was hit in the head. “Very sad,” responded Police Chief Troy Finner the next day. “The child is in a critical condition. We pray for him. ”
The lectures of Smalls and the police differ: according to herself she was also in the car during the shooting, according to the police not. The culprit, suspected of a double robbery, came running at some point, jumped into Smalls’ car and was armed. Agents then opened fire. The suspect died. The child was life-threateningly injured.
Mother Daisha Smalls with her son Legend on archive image.
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“Officers immediately provided first aid,” said Finner. Later they visited mother and son in the hospital.
‘Can not’
Little Legend has been on a ventilator for ten days. The bullet was removed from his head, but iron particles are still in his brain, lawyer Ben Crump said. The family is furious. “Why would they shoot if they didn’t know who was in the car? There could have been children, others. And they shoot anyway. ”
“He now fights for his life every day. We pray for him, ”said Smalls, who broke several times during her statement. “My baby doesn’t deserve this, he doesn’t deserve to be shot. Certainly not by the police. ”
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