6-year-old boy shot, killed in Louisiana during police pursuit

Jeremy Mardis.
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On Tuesday night, marshals trying to serve a warrant fired at a car that was attempting to flee, killing a 6-year-old boy riding in the vehicle with his father, Louisiana officials said Wednesday.

Mayeux said Mardis died from multiple gunshot wounds to the head and chest, and his father is in serious condition at a local hospital. He did not disclose the type of warrant marshals were trying to serve to Few; the mayor's office says that city marshals work for the city courts and serve warrants, carry firearms, and have police powers. Blaine Dauzat, the Avoyelles superintendent of schools, said Mardis lived with his father and grandmother in Marksville, having moved to the area in April, and attended Lafargue Elementary School in nearby Effie, where grief counselors were on hand Wednesday to talk with students and staff. "We are definitely all shaken up," he told AP. "It's been a tough day at work for all of us."

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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.