EDMOND, Okla. (AP) — Family members and advocates said Thursday they want answers about the death of an unarmed black teenager who was naked when police in an Oklahoma City suburb fatally shot him weeks ahead of his high school graduation.
Isaiah Mark Lewis, 17, died Monday from an unknown number of gunshot wounds. Edmond police shot him inside a house they say he broke into following a 911 call about a domestic disturbance. Several witnesses told police they saw him stripping his clothing while running through the neighborhood where officers would eventually confront him.
"What we would really like to see is some type of training of how to deal with those types of mental diseases or mental impairments," Dickerson said. Investigators have yet to interview the two officers who followed the teenager when he forced his way into a house, Wagnon said. Investigators are working with the officers' attorneys to arrange interviews.
Officers said they chased Lewis as he hopped fences before breaking into the house. Inside, Wagnon said, Lewis fought the officers, and they then deployed a stun gun to subdue him. When that failed, at least one officer fired a handgun multiple times. During the 911 call, a dispatcher asked if the teenager was under the influence of drugs or alcohol and the girlfriend responded,"No, not today."
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