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May 18, 2010

Attorney: Video Contradicts Police Claim in Home Raid Killing of 7-Year-Old
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In Detroit, the attorney for the family of a seven-year-old girl shot
dead by police in her own home says he’s seen video contradicting the
police account of the killing. The girl, Aiyana Jones, was sleeping when
police raided her family’s home in pursuit of a murder suspect on
Sunday. Detroit police say an officer’s gun accidentally went off after
the officer tussled with Aiyana’s grandmother. But the attorney,
Geoffrey Fieger, says video of the incident shows police opened fire
after lobbing a flash grenade through the home’s front
window—before they had entered. A bullet from the gun pierced
Aiyana’s head and neck.



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