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Source:
Family
/
GoFundMe
Stephen
Perkins
was
gunned
down
by
a
police
officer
on
Sept.
29,
2023,
during
an
incident
at
his
home
involving
an
allegedly
predatory
repo
company.
The
company
in
question
was
in
the
process
of
repossessing
Perkins’
vehicle
although
his
family
says
that
they
have
receipts
that
prove
that
he
was
up
to
date
on
his
payments.
The
tow
truck
driver
called
911
to
report
that
Perkins
had
threatened
him
with
a
firearm.
When
police
arrived
on
the
scene,
Perkins’
cousin
Marquinn
Bergins,
a
former
Decatur,
Alabama
police
officer,
said
that
the
officer
yelled
commands
while
simultaneously
shooting
the
37-year-old.
At
the
time,
that
officer’s
name
was
withheld
from
the
public
but
that
is
no
longer
the
case.
Source:
Morgan
County
Sheriff’s
Office
/
MCSO
According
to
CNN,
23-year-old
Mac
Bailey
Marquette
has
been
arrested
after
a
grand
jury
indicted
him
for
the
murder
of
Stephen
Perkins
on
that
fateful
night.
Marquette
was
one
of
three
officers
fired
over
the
fatal
shooting,
however,
the
other
two
officers
have
yet
to
face
criminal
charges.
Initial
police
reports
stated
that
Perkins
“refused”
to
drop
his
weapon
but
Police
Chief
Todd
Pinion
has
retracted
that
statement
and
made
a
public
correction
via
Facebook
that
speaks
to
Marquette’s
violation
of
department
protocol.
“We
now
know
the
officer
identified
themselves
as
‘police’
and
ordered
Mr.
Perkins
to
‘get
on
the
ground’
prior
to
the
officer
firing
rather
than
ordering
him
to
drop
the
weapon
at
that
time
as
we
initially
reported
the
morning
of
the
shooting,”
Pinion said in
a
social
media
post
October
11.
“That
means
that
we
also
erred
in
stating
Mr.
Perkins
‘refused’
to
drop
his
firearm
prior
to
the
shooting.
I
apologize
for
the
inaccurate
description
of
the
encounter
in
our
initial
statement,”
Pinion’s
post
reads.
You
can
read
the
statement
in
full
in
the
post
below.
While
the
family
is
encouraged
that
true
accountability
is
forthcoming,
they
are
not
resting
on
their
laurels
at
the
news
of
Marquette’s
indictment.
Nicholas
Perkins,
the
brother
of
Stephen
Perkins,
told
CNN
that
the
family
is
“glad
for
this
baby
step
of
justice,
but
this
is
not
the
end,”
and
the
family
will
pursue
federal
action
against
the
other
officers.
“There
were
four
officers
involved
and
we
would
like
to
see
all
four
charged
with
something,”
Perkins
said.
We
hope
that
the
Perkins
family
and
all
of
Stephen’s
loved
ones
get
the
healing
and
justice
that
they
so
richly
deserve.
