St. Louis County Officer Preston Marquart, 25, is charged with second-degree involuntary manslaughter in the death of Akeelah “Kee Kee” Jackson
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A 7th grade student at Carr Lane VPA Middle School, Jackson was taken to a local hospital where she underwent surgery.“remains employed by the St. Louis County Police Department,” the department said in a statement, the“He will be suspended without pay, which is consistent with the department’s Conduct and Discipline Manual.”
“Akeelah and her loved ones continue to be in our thoughts and prayers, just as they have been since that tragic day,” the statement says.
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