Family Of Man Killed By Philadelphia Police Officer Demands Answers And Justice

By Dan Snyder, CBS Philadelphia

August 17, 2023

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- The family of Eddie Irrizarry, the man fatally shot in Kensington earlier this week, is grieving his loss Wednesday night and demanding answers on how this situation escalated so quickly into his shooting death.

Justice is the word that kept coming up in conversations with family members. They want to see the body cam video police say they've reviewed – and they want to know why the officer felt the need to use deadly force.

The incident has made them question whether they can ever trust police again.

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