According to reports, a police detective was seated in his truck when a man pointed his gun at him. The detective then fired his handgun, killing the assailant.
His family, however, disputes the sequence of events and has engaged a civil rights attorney to charge the cop who shot him with murder.
According to authorities, 26-year-old Cameron Lamb aimed a weapon at a detective before being shot and killed while seated in a truck in his garden.
The family of the murdered Missouri man, however, has engaged a well-known lawyer to pursue justice since they believe he did nothing that called for the use of such force.
Officers were summoned to the scene of an incident involving two automobiles at 35th and College, according to the Kansas City Police Department (KCPD).
Suspects allegedly led officers on foot to a house on 41st Street while a police aircraft scanned the area. Lamb was sitting in a truck in his garden when police arrived, and that is where they met him.
Lamb allegedly pointed a gun at one of the investigators who followed him behind his house to interview him about his alleged role in the earlier disturbance, according to Kansas City police, as reported by KCTV.
One of the policemen shot Lamb after spotting the gun, killing him in the process. Lamb’s family, understandably upset, spoke with Kansas City Police to get answers about their son’s sudden passing.
Detectives were only allowed to share specific details since the investigation was still underway. The family’s interest quickly gave way to mistrust.
When Lamb’s family was unable to obtain the information they sought, they turned to lawyer and self-described social justice campaigner Lee Merritt.
Who has represented a number of well-known cases involving black individuals murdered in shootings involving officers.
The distraught family members are now publicly accusing the cop who shot Lamb of “murder” and calling for justice for Lamb.
In an effort to accuse the KCPD of concealing a murder, Merritt has gone to social media to mobilize his supporters.
He has reiterated the family’s assertion that Lamb was mercilessly shot and killed by law enforcement agents who were too eager to pull the trigger as he was obligingly working on cars in the backyard.
The allegation that Lamb was working on cars in the yard when he was shot has been repeatedly denied by the KCPD. Citing the official report, the department responded to Merritt’s tweet, “Fighting fire with fire.”
Merritt continued by urging the agency to make all of its conclusions in the Lamb case public and for the inquiry to be conducted with “transparency.”
Naturally, until the investigation is over, detectives are unable to reveal important information, leaving Lamb’s family with more questions than answers.