(As originally published on March 30, 2018)
A civil lawsuit filed after the November 2015 fatal shooting death of 6-year-old Jeremy Mardis was settled on Thursday.
An order dismissing the case was signed Thursday by U.S. District Judge Dee Drell. A two-day settlement conference had been held at the federal courthouse in Alexandria.
Participants had been instructed to send representatives to the conference who were authorized to settle the case. On Thursday afternoon, the Marksville Board of Aldermen met in executive session regarding the lawsuit for a "discussion of strategy."
Details about the settlement were not released, and no one involved is allowed to discuss it. The order does stipulate that the case can be reopened in 90 days "if settlement not consummated."
The autistic boy died on the night of Nov. 3, 2015, strapped into the front seat of his aunt's Kia Sportage. He and his father, Christopher Few, had been shot by two Marksville Ward 2 deputy marshals, Derrick Stafford and Norris Greenhouse Jr., at the end of a slow-speed chase through the Avoyelles Parish town.
Few had his hands raised out of the driver's window when the two opened fire. Few was seriously wounded, suffering gunshot wounds to his head and chest.
Both Stafford and Greenhouse are serving prison sentences at the David Wade Correctional Center in Homer.
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