REVEALED: Father used his three-month-old baby son as a HUMAN SHIELD during police shootout that ended with his and the little boy s deaths
La Mello Parker, aged three months, died after being shot during gunfire exchange between police and his father, Eric Smith, who was also killed
Smith, 30, was accused of shooting and killing his ex-girlfriend, Christin Parker, and her nephew, Brandon Parker, in Louisiana, and then kidnapping his son
Law enforcement officers chased Smith for 130 miles before his car got stuck in a grassy median in Biloxi, Mississippi, on Monday afternoon
Smith was said to have been using his son as a human shield by holding him against his chest with one hand and a gun in the other
Louisiana man dead following police chase in Mississippi
A police chase ensued into Mississippi and ended in Harrison County this afternoon.
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Harrison County Coroner Brian Switzer tells WXXV the suspect is dead. The four-month-old was taken to Merit Health in Biloxi.
The suspect was identified by Louisiana authorities as 30-year-old Eric Derell Smith.
East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office BRSO responded to a 911 hang up call at approximately 11:30 this morning in the 2000 block of Richmond Street in Baker.
When deputies arrived on scene, they found that two individuals were shot.
The suspect, Eric Derell Smith reportedly fled in a blue Nissan Altima with dark tinted windows. Smith reportedly had a 4-month-old child with him in the vehicle.
A murder suspect is dead following a vehicle chase that ended on I-10 eastbound in Biloxi this afternoon with multiple law enforcement agencies taking part in the pursuit.
Around 11:30 this morning, deputies with the East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office in Louisiana responded to the scene of a double murder in the city of Baker, which marked the beginning of a hunt that eventually ended on I-10 in South Mississippi.
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Officials say 30-year-old Eric Derrell Smith entered a residence and fatally shot his ex-girlfriend Christin Parker and her nephew, Brandon Parker.
An eyewitness described the scene. “Jeannette had came to my house looking for help. The guy she said that she heard two gunshots and that they shot her mom”
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By - Associated Press - Monday, May 3, 2021
BILOXI, Miss. (AP) - A man wanted in two killings in Louisiana died during a shootout with police Monday in Mississippi after officers from multiple law enforcement agencies chased his car in the two states.
Biloxi Police Chief John Miller told the Sun Herald that authorities are trying to determine whether Eric Derell Smith shot himself or was shot by police during the chase on Interstate 10.
A 4-month-old boy in Smith‘s car was taken to a Biloxi hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening.