The family of a young black American shot dead by the police while he was in bed will file a complaint, his lawyer announced on Friday, September 2, a case that arouses anger in Ohio. Donovan Lewis, 20, died at dawn on Tuesday in Columbus, the capital of this northeastern American state. A video from the body camera of one of the officers, who had an arrest warrant, shows a policeman accompanied by a dog opening the door of a room then almost immediately shooting at the young man who was in a bed. An investigation was opened and the mayor of Columbus, Andrew Ginther, promised “full transparency” on the “tragic death of Donovan Lewis”. Within SECONDS of encountering 20-yo Donovan Lewis, a Columbus (OH) police officer shot and killed him! Police reportedly mistook a vape in the hand of the unarmed young Black man as a weapon. pic.twitter.com/LYas1C8Wt5 — Ben Crump (@AttorneyCrump) September 1, 2022 “The family will be pressing charges,” his attorney, Rex Elliott, said without further details. The latter had denounced in a press release “an excessive and absolutely unnecessary use of force”. “Shot by shot, the video [de la caméra-piéton] Reveals the truth: Three white police officers accompanied by an aggressive canine unit dog fatally shot an unarmed 20-year-old boy in cold blood as he got up from bed in accordance with police orders,” he said. When contacted by AFP, Columbus police could not be immediately reached. Chief Elaine Bryant, quoted by media, said the officer fired when Donovan Lewis appeared to raise his arm. and holding something in his hand. Only an e-cigarette was found near him, she said. Rallies are planned for this weekend in Columbus to ‘support the family’, ‘open a discussion about the brutality police” and “demand justice for Donovan Lewis”, Ramon Obey II, of the organization JUST, told AFP, which campaigns for social justice.