The mother of a man killed by Phoenix police intends to sue the city and the officers who shot him outside a convenience store in early November.
Leontae Kirk, 29, died in a police shooting Nov. 2 at a strip mall parking lot in the area of 37th Avenue and McDowell Road. His mother, Sharon Roberts Kirk, 70, has retained attorney Sean Woods to sue for a cumulative $50 million on the contention police fired at the young father when he was unarmed. The notice of claim was filed Friday.
“They murdered him,” Roberts Kirk said in an interview with The Arizona Republic. “He didn’t do anything wrong.”