Horrifying moment police shoot dead four-year-old child being held hostage at knifepoint by his mom's ex-boyfriend

Newly released assemblage camera footage shows nan horrifying infinitesimal Illinois constabulary changeable and killed a four-year-old boy arsenic he was being held hostage by his mother's ex-boyfriend.

Terrell Marshawn Miller, 4, was killed by Macomb constabulary connected March 16 arsenic he was being held astatine knifepoint by 57-year-old Anthony T. George.

Video shows nan deadly shooting happened aft constabulary arrived to nan segment and heard cries for thief coming from inside.

When constabulary entered, they recovered George naked and moving into nan adjacent room to drawback Terrell and clasp him astatine knifepoint.

One of nan officers fired a azygous changeable that deed Terrell successful nan caput and George successful nan neck, sidesplitting them both, NBC News reported.

'They could've done thing too usage their weapon, they had tasers, they had capsicum spray, they had each these non-lethal ways to get Anthony George and they decided not to do it,' Terrell's mother, Keianna Miller, told WGEM.

Lt. Nick Goc and Officer Korri Cameron were responding to nan segment aft constabulary received calls for a home unit incident.

Miller said she was returning location from visiting her mother and recovered her ex-boyfriend intoxicated and violent.

'Things went left,' she told WGEM. 'He told me, "If I can't person you, cipher can."'

Police knocked connected nan flat doorway past came wrong aft they heard a female screaming for help. 

The mother was stabbed aggregate times. When constabulary entered she told them her boy was successful nan different room.

That's erstwhile George ran into nan chamber and grabbed nan four-year-old boy. 

Illinois Appellate Prosecutor Jon Barnard and nan McDonough County State's Attorney's Office ruled that Goc, nan serviceman who fired nan shot, would not beryllium facing charges.

Barnard said 'that location is nary ground for immoderate criminal action aliases prosecution that is supportable nether nan facts of this lawsuit against immoderate of nan officers progressive successful this tragic accident,' WGEM reported.

Miller's attorney, Marleen Suarez, said they scheme to record a civilian suit this summer.

'It’s difficult to find justness sometimes successful a civilian courtroom, but it whitethorn beryllium nan only replacement unfastened to america astatine this point,' Suarez said. 

Miller said she hopes her son's decease tin lead to constabulary argumentation reform.

'A batch of group want to make it a group point but it’s really not,' she said. 'He [Terrell] could’ve been anybody’s son, but he’s America’s nephew, that’s what I’m starting to say.'