Miami Police Shooting Video Released by Victim’s Lawyers
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iStock/Thinkstock(MIAMI) — Attorneys for the family of a man shot and killed by police in Miami Gardens earlier this year released a video Wednesday that they say indicates the man was being pursued by police and told to get on the ground before he was shot by police.
Lavall Hall, 25, was shot on the morning of Sunday, Feb. 15, after his mother, Catherine Daniels, reportedly called police for what she said was her son’s mental issues. She has said her son had been diagnosed with schizophrenia and she hoped police would take him to a mental health facility, according to Fusion.
“We have heard nothing about the investigation,” one of the family lawyers said at a news conference Wednesday.
A spokesman for Florida State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle told ABC News that the investigation is ongoing and they have concerns the video may endanger the investigation into the incident, but the office could not stop the family from releasing the video.
“We investigate every police use of force as a potential criminal case, and that’s why the premature release of this video may well interfere with the investigation,” the spokesman told ABC News.
Miami Gardens police have declined to comment.
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