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Report from Aurora police watchdog raises questions about Kilyn Lewis shooting

AURORA, Colo. — Nearly five months after an Aurora police officer fatally shot an unarmed black man outside an apartment complex while trying to serve an arrest warrant, the Independent observer of the city’s consent decrees raised further questions about his death.

Kilyn Lewis was raising his hands in the air when Aurora police SWAT officer Michael Dieck shot the 37-year-old man outside an apartment complex on May 23, according to footage from the body camera. Lewis died from a single gunshot wound two days later.

“I’m just one small voice and one small voice only, but I stand up for my son and he doesn’t deserve to die like this,” Lewis’s father, Robert, said at a rally outside the city’s civic center. ‘Aurora last week.

Watch our previous coverage in the video:

Kilyn Lewis’ family says fight isn’t over after DA finds fatal police shooting justified

Lewis was a suspect in an attempted first-degree murder May 5 in Denver, but was unarmed when Dieck shot him.

The Independent Consent Decree Monitor was initially created following the death of Elijah McClain to improve how Aurora officers use force and to reduce racist bias among police. IntegrAssure, a Florida-based company specializing in policing oversight, has been hired as Aurora’s consent decree monitor.

Read the full story from our partners at The Denver Post.

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