A Sunflower County, Miss., woman could lose custody rights to her children nearly a year after an Indianola police officer shot her then-11-year-old son, Aderrien Murry, in the chest at the family’s home in May 2023. In court filings, Sunflower County Prosecuting Attorney Gwendolyn Jimison cited the shooting while accusing Nakala Murry of neglecting her three children.
“To have to even think of losing her kids at this point over something that is not her fault is just unbelievable. It’s outlandish,” Nakala Murry’s attorney Carlos Moore told the Mississippi Free Press on Thursday.
Sunflower County, Miss., Prosecuting Attorney Gwendolyn Jimison (pictured) filed papers in the Sunflower County Youth Court in an effort to terminate the custody rights of Nakala Murry and John Nolden. Photo courtesy Gwen Jimison
Jimison filed papers in the Sunflower County Youth Court against Nakala Murry that alleged an unnamed witness saw Murry’s ex-boyfriend, John Nolden, frequently assaulting her in front of the kids. The petition says the witness said the shooting of 11-year-old Aderrien Murry was a “result of the mother and boyfriend domestic violence that have been happening for years (sic).”
Last year, Moore told the Mississippi Free Press that Aderrien Murry called 911 late on the evening of May 20, 2023, after he heard Nakala Murry crying and asking him to call for help after Nolden, who she was no longer with at the time, showed up at the house. When Capers arrived at the home, Moore said the police officer commanded everyone to put their hands up, and Aderrien Murry walked out with his hands up. The lawyer said Capers then shot the 11-year-old in the chest. He survived after a hospital stay.
“Being obedient, Aderrien Murry heard the command and came out with his hands up,” Moore said last year. “And seconds later after leaving his room and turning a corner into the living room, he was shot in the chest by Greg Capers.”
The attorney said on Thursday that the effort to terminate Nakala Murry’s custody rights is unfair because the officer is who shot her son—not Nolden.
“Nobody had been
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