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Darrius Stewart’s mother files lawsuit against former MPD officer

Darrius Stewart (left), Connor Schilling

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Years after a deadly police shooting in Hickory Hill, a Memphis mom is suing the officer involved.

In a lawsuit obtained by WREG, Mary Stewart asks for more than $17 million in damages after her son Darrius Stewart was shot and killed during a traffic stop back in 2015.


Connor Schilling, the former police officer who pulled the trigger, said he shot the 19-year-old in self defense.

Video from that night shows the two men struggling on the ground before the shots were fired.

Read the lawsuit here