15-year-old Jaheim McMillan has died, days after police in Gulfport, Mississippi, shot him in the head outside a discount store.
A Black teenager in Mississippi has died days after local police shot him in the head outside a discount store, and his relatives are questioning officers’ actions.
Police shot Jaheim McMillan, 15, Thursday in the parking lot of a Family Dollar store in Gulfport, the state's second-largest city after Jackson, which lies about 160 miles to the north. He died shortly before 5 p.m. Saturday after being taken off life support at the USA Health University Hospital in Mobile, Alabama, according to Harrison County Coroner Brian Switzer, whoA representative for the Harrison County Coroner confirmed the death to NBC News. Representatives for the USA University Hospital could not immediately be reached.Gulfport police said in a news release that the shooting occurred around 2:30 p.m.
In a video taken by a bystander after the shots were fired, McMillan could be seen on the ground in front of the door to the store. A witness said police handcuffed the teenager after he had been shot. Cooper said police took four other suspects, all believed to be minors, into custody, and several firearms were recovered from the scene.
McMillan’s family doesn’t believe he was armed, and their supporters are calling for the release of camera footage of the shooting.
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