Former Texas police officer Shaun Lucas was sued in federal court Friday by the mother of Jonathan Price, an unarmed Black man who was shot and killed at a convenience store after he tried to walk away from Lucas. Marcella Louis sued Lucas, 24, and the city of Wolfe City in Dallas federal court for violations of her son’s Fourth Amendment rights and wrongful death. The lawsuit claims Lucas responded to a Kwick Check store on Oct. 3, 2020, after reports of a fight. It claims there was a brief tussle after Price, 31, bumped into someone and a woman jumped onto his back, but it was quickly broken up without injuries. Price allegedly approached Lucas, asked him how he was and extended his hand to shake. “Officer Lucas declined to shake hands and stated his intent to detain Mr. Price because he believed him to be intoxicated,” the seven-page complaint states. “Mr. Price stated that he ‘can’t be detained’ because he had done nothing wrong and began to walk away from Officer Lucas.” The lawsuit claims Price was not aggressive and posed no danger to Lucas, who fired his Taser at Price before immediately firing his gun into Price’s chest four times. “Officer Lucas was not in reasonable fear of serious bodily injury or death at the time that he shot Mr. Price,” the complaint states. “There was no justification for Officer Lucas to use lethal force against Mr. Price.”
via courthousenews: Mother sues Texas cop who allegedly shot, killed unarmed man who walked away from him