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A Black teenager in Mississippi has died days after local police shot him in the head outside a discount store, and his relatives are questioning officers’ actions.
Police shot Jaheim McMillan, 15, Thursday in the parking lot of a Family Dollar store in Gulfport, the state’s second-largest city after Jackson, which lies about 160 miles to the north.
He died shortly before 5 p.m. Saturday after being taken off life support at the USA Health University Hospital in Mobile, Alabama, according to Harrison County Coroner Brian Switzer, who confirmed the death to the Sun Herald, a local newspaper.
A representative for the Harrison County Coroner confirmed the death to NBC News. Representatives for the USA University Hospital could not immediately be reached.
Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/mississippi-teen-dies-days-shot-police-rcna51630
