An 11-year-old boy who was shot by an officer after calling police for help has been released from hospital, his family says.
Mississippi police arrived at Aderrien Murry's home on Saturday responding to a domestic disturbance call placed by the boy, then shot him in the chest, according to his mother.
She said the boy asked her "what did I do?" after being shot.
The officer involved has been placed on leave as the shooting is investigated.
The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation is conducting a probe into the incident.
The boy is recovering at home after being released from a local hospital, where he was treated for a collapsed lung, fractured ribs and a lacerated liver.
His mother, Nakala Murry, has asked for the officer to be fired and charged.
At a press conference on Monday outside Indianola City Hall, she said the father of another of her children had shown up at their house early on Saturday morning and was acting "irate", prompting her to instruct her son to call the police.
When the Indianola officer arrived, Ms Murry later told CNN, he "had his gun drawn at the front door" and asked everyone inside to exit.
As her son turned the corner of the hallway, the officer opened fire, striking Aderrien in the chest, she said.
"His words were: 'Why did he shoot me? What did I do?' and he started crying," Ms Murry said. "This cannot keep happening. This is not OK."
She said she had covered her son's wound with her hand and applied pressure, blood pooling beneath her palm. The officer also assisted her in rendering aid, she said, until medics arrived.
Was this a presumption based on racial profiling? Was this the dangerous assumption that even the smallest measure of aggression from a person of colour means deadly force is justified, or even required? Was it a lack of training that led this officer to have no way of de-escalating the situation? Perhaps it was a combination of both. It certainly highlights the urgent need to train police officers properly.
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