Relatives of a Black man holding a cellphone when he was fatally shot by a SWAT officer want the officer to face trial for murder. The family spoke Thursday after portions of body camera footage of the shooting were released. Kilyn Lewis was shot as officers moved to arrest him in the Denver suburb of Aurora last month.
DENVER — The family of a Black man holding a cellphone when he was fatally shot by a SWAT officer called Thursday for a murder trial for the officer following the public release of portions of body camera footage of the shooting.
He was holding what was later identified as a cellphone in his right hand, interim Police Chief Heather Morris said in athat includes portions of the body camera footage. Morris also pointed out that Lewis put his hand in his left pocket before raising his hands. Lewis’ mother, LaRonda Jones, said the officer should be prosecuted just as anyone else would be and urged the local prosecutor and the state attorney general to uphold and enforce the law. But she said her son’s “outright murder” was part of a bigger problem with police in Aurora, where another Black man, Elijah McClain, died in 2019 after being stopped by police while walking home from a store.“This is not just about one officer or one incident.
A working telephone number for the officer who shot Lewis could not be found after a search of an online database. A telephone and an email message left for the Aurora police’s two police unions were not immediately returned.
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