Video Footage Released Of Police Fatally Shooting Black Teen In Mississippi

A grand jury in Mississippi has declined to cost a Gulfport Police officer who fatally shot a Black teenager in a car parking zone in October, the Mississippi Division of Public Security confirmed to HuffPost on Thursday.

Physique-camera and dashcam footage of the incident, which HuffPost obtained via a public data request, exhibits Officer Kenneth Nassar firing no less than eight photographs at 15-year-old Jaheim McMillan exterior of a Household Greenback retailer in broad daylight.

Nassar and one other officer, Benjamin Ford, responded to a 911 name on Oct. 6 that reported reckless driving. An investigative report acknowledged the caller stated that “occupants inside a silver Kia Soul have been brandishing firearms and sporting camouflage masks.”

Dashcam footage exhibits that McMillan and 4 different teenagers have been sitting inside a Kia Soul as officers arrived on the scene and parked. McMillan ran out of the automobile whereas making an attempt to cowl one thing along with his sweatshirt in his hand; one other teen jumped out of the automobile behind him.

The dashcam footage seems to point out a gun in McMillan’s hand as he decides which route to run, however at no level does McMillan level a weapon towards Nassar.

Nassar’s body-camera footage exhibits the officer firing his gun whereas additionally shouting at McMillan to drop his weapon. The encounter, throughout which Nassar fires eight photographs, lasts about 5 seconds.

Video exhibits McMillan falling to the bottom, after which level he’s not seen on digicam.

Nassar fires his final photographs as McMillan is mendacity on the bottom, in line with the bodycam footage. An post-mortem revealed {that a} gunshot to the top killed McMillan.

Within the footage, the three different teenagers exit the automobile with their arms up after Nassar fires his gun.

“Get out the fucking automobile and keep on the bottom,” Nassar is heard shouting on the footage, and the kids comply.

Whereas Nassar factors his gun on the different teenagers mendacity on the bottom, a white male walks towards him and questions why Nassar shot McMillan.

“You higher have had a superb intent. You shot the kid? Your ass goes to fucking jail,” the person is heard saying.

“Sir, step the fuck away,” Nassar shouts.

At one level, one of many teenagers who was inside the automobile asks Nassar to test on McMillan as a result of he thinks he died.

“Sir, are you able to please test on him? I believe he’s lifeless,” the teenager says.

Extra officers arrive on the scene, and Nassar tells one he had seen a gun in McMillan’s hand, however that McMillan didn’t seem to have a gun on him when Nassar handcuffed him and rolled over his physique. Officers later found a gun within the car parking zone.

Bodycam footage additionally exhibits Katrina Mateen, McMillan’s mom, arriving on the scene and questioning why police killed her son.

The Mississippi Bureau of Investigations accomplished an investigation into the taking pictures this week, and its findings have been offered to a grand jury, which declined to indict Nassar.

Nassar stated throughout an interview as a part of the investigation that he noticed a gun in McMillan’s hand and ordered him to drop it, and that he remembered firing no less than eight photographs. He stated he handcuffed McMillan whereas he was injured on the bottom, which he stated was “widespread observe.”

One of many teenagers within the automobile instructed investigators that he felt Nassar had a bias in opposition to McMillan.

“I actually really feel just like the officer had one thing in opposition to Jahiem too although,” the witness stated.