MILWAUKEE — A Milwaukee family's attorney said Thursday that an officer-involved shooting that killed 26-year-old Elijah Wilkes was justified after reviewing police body camera footage of the incident.

Attorney B'Ivory LaMarr, representing Wilkes' family, said he and the victim's mother, Pamela Bond Slater, watched the video during a meeting with Milwaukee Police Department officials. The shooting occurred Wednesday during a traffic altercation on Mill Road near Interstate 94.

"We will acknowledge that we do believe that this officer involved shooting was justified," LaMarr said during a press conference Thursday.

According to LaMarr's account of the video, Wilkes was driving northbound when he aggressively maneuvered into the left lane around a construction area, cutting off an off-d

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