Officer Who Shot 11-Year-Old Boy Who Called 911 to Report Domestic Violence Incident Will Not Be Indicted

"I thought I was going to die," Adierrien Murry, 11, told PEOPLE after getting shot in May

A Mississippi police officer who shot and wounded an unarmed 11-year-old boy who called 911 in May because of an alleged domestic violence incident at his home will not be indicted, the state’s Attorney General’s Office announced.

On Thursday, a grand jury in Sunflower County reported that it found no criminal conduct on behalf of Indianola Police Sgt. Greg Capers, who shot and injured Aderrien Murry in the chest while responding to a 911 call on May 20, 2023, the Mississippi Office of the Attorney General said in a statement.

The Office of the Attorney General said it had completed its review of the officer-involved incident and presented it to a grand jury on Thursday.

“As such, no further criminal action will be taken by this Office in this matter,” the statement said.

Murry’s family plans to follow up by filing a federal civil lawsuit, their attorney, Carlos Moore, said in a statement, the Associated Press reports.

“While the grand jury has spoken, we firmly believe that there are unanswered questions and that the shooting of Aderrien Murry was not justified,” Moore said in the statement. “We are committed to seeking justice for Aderrien and his family.”

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Capers’ attorney Michael Carr tells PEOPLE that “Sgt. Capers is relieved that he has been vindicated from that allegation. It’s the result we expected."

“That doesn’t take away from the fact that a child got shot,” he continued. “That is traumatic and painful. But what happened was not a crime. I hope that he continues to heal and that his family continues to heal.”

The shooting was terrifying, Murry told PEOPLE in June.

“This was very, very scary for me and my family," he said. “I thought I was going to die.”

His mother, Nakala Murry, told PEOPLE in June that the entire incident was shocking.

“I never imagined a phone call for help would lead to my son almost dying," she said.

On May 20, Nakala said she quietly asked Aderrien, who was in his room, to call 911 when she was arguing with a man.

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“He was irate, and I was trying to defuse the situation before it escalated,” Nakala said.

He called 911 and then, at his mother’s request, texted his grandmother, asking her to come over. When police arrived, they knocked at the door and then began kicking it, according to Nakala.

“My hinges were off and everything,” she said.

“Once I opened the door, [the officer] had his gun pointed at me saying, ‘Come out the house,’" she said.

Nakala said she followed orders and exited her house.

“By the time I made it to the end of my driveway where my mom was, I heard a gunshot," Nakala said. "I saw my son running towards me.”

After Nakala exited her home, the officer ordered everyone still inside to come out with their hands up. Police had already asked Nakala if anyone inside had a gun and she said no, she said.

Following orders, Aderrien said he came out of his room with his hands up. When he came around the corner into the living room, he said, he was shot in the chest.

“I felt pain but didn’t realize I got shot,” said Aderrien, who is 4 feet 10 inches tall.

He ran out of the house and toward his mother. As he got closer to her, she could see darkness spreading on his red shirt.

“By the time he made it to me, he was bleeding, [and had] blood in his mouth,” she said.

“I was terrified when I saw him shot,” she continued. “The first thing I was screaming other than, 'who shot him?' and 'what happened?' was, 'what side is the heart on?' I couldn't think straight.”

Once she realized he had been shot on the right side of his chest, not on the left where his heart is, she calmed down enough to help her son.

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“I didn't have time to be scared," Nakala said. "I just knew I had to keep talking to him. I prayed because that's what I know. My faith is strong in God."

Trying to stay strong for her son, Nakala said she lay him down on the ground and held him as she put pressure on his gushing wound to stem the bleeding until the ambulance arrived.

When Aderrien realized he’d been shot, he said he started saying sorry to his family for anything he’d done to them and to his teacher “for kind of acting up” in class.

“I felt scared for my life,” he said.

His mother tried not to cry in front of him when he became emotional. “He kept saying he didn't want to die,” she said. “He started singing and praying and giving apologies to people he felt like he was wrong to.”

Aderrien was rushed to a local hospital and then airlifted to the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson after his lung collapsed, Nakala said. He also suffered from a lacerated liver and fractured ribs after the bullet went through his chest and out of his back, Aderrien said.

He was released from the hospital on May 24. “This is the craziest thing that has ever happened to me,” he said.

He said he had panic attacks and flashbacks after the shooting.

A GoFundMe was set up to help his family defray his medical expenses.

Moore did not respond to PEOPLE's request for comment.

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