Police chase and shootout leads to the death of a 3-month old baby [video]
A 3-month-old baby, La Mello Smith, was killed by a single gunshot wound after a police chase involving his father on Monday.
Dozens of police vehicles were pursuing Eric Derell Smith from Baton Rouge in the United States on Monday, 3 May, after he allegedly killed two people earlier that day. The chase eventually came to a tragic end, on the median of the highway, when police opened fire. Both Smith and his 3-month-old baby, who was in the car, were fatally wounded.
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BABY KILLED BY SINGLE GUNSHOT WOUND, SAYS CORONER
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BILOXI, Miss. A single gunshot killed an infant who was with his father as the Louisiana man died in a barrage of gunfire after Mississippi police chased the man because he was suspected of killing the baby s mother and another person, a coroner said Wednesday.
An autopsy was conducted on La’Mello Parker, who was just over 3 months old. The coroner of Harrison County, Mississippi Brian Switzer told The Associated Press that Biloxi police investigators will compare the bullet to the weapons that were fired at the scene to try to determine the source of the fatal shot.
3-month-old baby died from gunshot wound after shootout on interstate
BILOXI, Mississipi (WALA) A 3-month-old child injured during a police chase and shootout in south Mississippi on Monday has died, according to the coroner in Harrison County.
Brian Switzer, from Harrison County Coroner, says the 3 month old baby died from a single gunshot wound.
He will turn over his findings to the Biloxi Police Department and Harrison DA’s Office to determine where the bullet came from.
The baby suffered injuries as his father, Eric Derell Smith, died of multiple gunshot wounds following a vehicle pursuit with authorities.
Smith was wanted in two killings in Louisiana.
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File A 4-month-old child was injured during attempted arrest of his father in South Mississippi (AFP via Getty Images)
A baby boy has died after his murder-suspect father was shot dead in an attempted arrest.
The baby, born in January, died on Tuesday at USA Children’s and Women’s Hospital in Mobile, Alabama, after he was injured during the chase on Monday, authorities said.
His father, Eric Derell Smith, 30, who was wanted in a suspected double-homicide case in Louisiana, was attempted to flee with his son when he was fatally shot.