A Black teenager in Mississippi has died days after police shot him in the head outside a discount store, and his relatives are questioning officers’ actions.
Police shot Jaheim McMillan, 15, on Thursday in the parking lot of a Family Dollar store in Gulfport, the state's second-most-populous city after Jackson, which lies about 160 miles to the north.
He died shortly before 5 p.m. Saturday after he was taken off life support at USA Health University Hospital in Mobile, Alabama, said Harrison County Coroner Brian Switzer, who confirmed the death to the Sun Herald newspaper of Biloxi.
A representative for the Harrison County coroner confirmed the death. Representatives for USA University Hospital could not immediately be reached for comment.
Gulfport police said in a news release that the shooting occurred around 2:30 p.m. after they responded to a 911 call about several minors waving guns at other motorists.
When police arrived, the minors "fled the vehicle," according to the release.
Gulfport Police Chief Adam Cooper said an officer engaged an armed suspect, since identified as McMillan, resulting in shots’ being fired. Police said the suspect "was transported to a local area hospital suffering from a single gunshot wound."
The police department has not released the officer's race.
The officer "has been placed on non-enforcement duties in accordance with procedures," the police statement said.
In a video recorded by a bystander after the shots were fired, McMillan could be seen on the ground in front of the door to the store. A witness said police handcuffed McMillan after he had been shot. Cooper said that police took four other suspects into custody, all believed to be minors, and that several firearms were recovered.
McMillan’s family does not believe he was armed, and their supporters called for the release of video of the shooting.
and condolences to the family 
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all it takes is one bullet to the doom to kill a person, seven more bullets after the fact just seems like the cops were having fun...
