Funeral set for unarmed African American man fatally shot by police in U.S. Ohio
Sep 03, 2022
Washington [US], September 3: The funeral has been set for Donovan Lewis, an unarmed African American man killed by a police officer of Columbus in the U.S. state of Ohio several days ago.
Lewis was shot and killed in bed by Ricky Anderson early Tuesday morning while Anderson and two other police officers served a felony warrant at an apartment.
A local funeral home announced on Friday that Lewis, 20, will be laid to rest on Sept. 10.
"Donovan was asleep before police officers arrived and had no warning," family attorney Rex Elliott said. "Officer Anderson opened the door and almost immediately fired a shot into the bedroom as Donovan was trying to get out of the bed."
Anderson, a 30-year veteran assigned to the canine unit, fired less than one second after he opened the door to a bedroom that Lewis was inside of, body camera video showed.
Officers rendered aid to Lewis until medics arrived and transported him to the hospital where he was pronounced deceased shortly later.
The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation is investigating the shooting.
Source: Xinhua
