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Terrell T. Miller 1 of 2
Case # :1322
Gender : Male
Age : 4
Race : Black
Date : 03/18/2024
Location : 900 block of North Charles Street
City : Macomb
County : McDonough
State : Illinois
Agency : Macomb Police Department
Officer(s) :Not Disclosed
Cause of death : Gunshot
Event : Child killed by police during domestic violence call
Open records summary :
Macomb Police were called to a home where they allege that they saw blood outside and heard screams from an apartment. Officers made forcible entry and claim that they found Keianna Miller with stab injuries and Anthony George holding a knife to Terrell’s throat. Police opened fire on both and killed both George and the child.
His mother, Keianna Miller, once spoke at a Black Lives Matter event in 2020 and said that she feared local police would one day shoot her and her then-baby son. She explained that she had had previous negative police encounters due to mental health issues and was constantly harassed by police. She related that when she was pregnant in 2019, she ran into a Macomb police officer who asked if she was having a boy or girl. “I can’t wait to arrest your son,” Miller said the officer told her.
On 03/18/2024, the Macomb Police shot and killed her then 4-year-old son Terrell when they fired at a man holding him as human shield and police opened fire on both Anthony George and Terrell whom he held in front of him. The police sniper bullet went through the little boy into his father, killing both.
State prosecutors refused to charge the officers who had not considered Terrell’s life when shooting to kill the hostage-taker. The police chief did not want to answer if and when he would release the bodycam footage in full.
The officers were cleared.
Source links :
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/bizarre-police-shooting-left-4-133336692.html
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/07/26/york-j26.html
https://www.wgem.com/2024/07/23/macomb-officers-will-not-be-charged-shooting-that-killed-4-year-old/
