Lawsuit: Police used excessive force, shot man 20 times
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The family of a Kentucky man shot more than 20 times by police is suing officers they accuse of excessive force.
The Courier Journal reports 21-year-old Demonjhea Jordan was killed in April while fleeing a robbery.
Jordan's parents say Officers Joshua Weyer, Benjamin Dean and Kody Despain and Detective Joseph Fox used "unauthorized and unnecessary deadly force."
Body camera recordings show one officer shooting at Jordan from a half-block away, screaming "shots fired" as they run down a sidewalk. Another begins shooting through the windshield of his cruiser. A third shoots from the side.
Lt. Aaron Crowell said "multiple sources" said Jordan shot at officers, and the video shows the gun.