When Hazlehurst Police Department Officer Laquandia Cooley responded to a shooting in her Mississippi town early Sunday morning, she could not have imagined what she would find.
At the scene, her own son – Charles Stewart, Jr. – was lying dead in the middle of the street. He had been shot in the head.
“We initially responded to the call, not knowing when I made it over there, the person was going to be my son that was laying there,” said Cooley, according to NBC affiliate WLBT of Jackson, Miss.
Cooley said she will never forget the scene.
“As we get out, I look and I was like, ‘This is my son, this is my son.’ So, I literally just go into a break down you know? Like, why? Who would do this to my son?”
He was found just blocks away from the Hazlehurst Police Department.
“I couldn’t even believe what I was seeing. I was seeing my own son laying there on the ground dead. It was pretty much a panic. It was just, it was too much.”
Stewart Jr.’s father Charles Stewart said his son was good person who got along with everyone. He couldn’t believe the news.
“It’s traumatizing for the whole family. We’re just trying to cope day to day. Just trying to figure out why this happened and who could have did this.”
Hazlehurst Police Chief Darian Murray said the case will be handed over to the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation since it involves an officer’s family member.
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