The family of Jazmir Tucker filed a lawsuit against the city of Akron on Tuesday, nearly a year after his death. The suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, lists the defendants as the city, Mayor Shammas Malik, Police Chief Brian Harding, Officer Davon Fields, Officer Steven Loar and other officers.

Fields and Loar initially approached the 15 year old on Nov. 28, 2024, after hearing gunshots while working on a previous call at East Avenue and Vernon Odom Boulevard, according to the initial police report. Body cam footage from the incident starts with both officers running toward Tucker, who was Black, with weapons drawn. Fields fired at him with an AR-15 style rifle. Tucker is not seen in the video until he is being handcuffed. At least seven minutes p

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