Neimiah Montgomery

Notice to Close File^[1]

        On August 10, 1964, Neimiah Montgomery, the African-American victim, was shot and killed by Merigold Police Department (MPD) City Marshal Leonard Yarborough, the subject, at a gas station.  XXXXXXXX, a XXXX who had traveled to Mississippi in the summer of 1964, was interviewed by a Seattle, Washington, television station, and alleged that an officer shot the victim when the victim said he did not have enough money to pay for the gas, even though the victim had offered to go home to get the money.