Overview
- Three Savannah officers fired and struck 23-year-old Malik Hendrix multiple times after he pointed an object later identified as a cellphone.
- The encounter followed a 911 report of a woman being chased during a domestic dispute at Emerald Drive in the Frazier Homes complex.
- Witnesses alleged a child had been thrown into a dumpster during the dispute, and EMS took the child to a hospital for evaluation.
- Investigators say Hendrix approached officers with a hand concealed in his jacket, ignored repeated orders to show his hands, and then pointed the object.
- A police K-9 caused additional injuries to Hendrix, who was hospitalized, while no officers were injured and no charges or officer identities have been released.