NEW ORLEANS (AP) — An autopsy shows that a man who was killed by police in the chaos that followed Hurricane Katrina was shot from behind, a lawyer for the man's family said Wednesday.
Danny Brumfield, 45, was killed by officer Ronald Mitchell early Sept. 3, just before the National Guard arrived to evacuate the convention center. Police said he was shot because he appeared to be attacking an officer, but Brumfield's family has sued disputing that account.
The autopsy report, obtained by CNN and confirmed by the Brumfield family's lawyer, said shotgun pellets went straight from back to front.