The family of David 'Ya Ya' McAtee — a 53-year-old Black man shot and killed by a National Guard soldier while he stood in the doorway of his barbeque stand in Louisville, Ky. — is filing a wrongful death lawsuit.
Two women pray in Louisville, Ky., in early June near the intersection where David McAtee was killed. Louisville police say video obtained from security cameras at McAtee's barbecue restaurant and an adjoining business show that McAtee fired a gun as police and National Guard soldiers were enforcing a curfew approached his business.Two women pray in Louisville, Ky., in early June near the intersection where David McAtee was killed.
McAtee's mother, Odessa Riley, and niece Machelle McAtee — who was at the restaurant the night of her uncle's death and was hit by pepper balls while inside the doorway — are suing two individual LMPD officers and additional unnamed officers and members of the Kentucky National Guard, an attorney for the family, Steven Romines, tells Amina Elahi ofThe family accuses officers and soldiers of using excessive force and violating police department policies.
"Unaware of what was causing the chaos and who was shooting at his customers and his niece, David McAtee stepped out of the kitchen door to try and defend his restaurant, home, family and customers," the lawsuit states, according to
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