Detroit, Michigan
August 29, 2000
Agencies: Detroit Police Department Michigan
Cause of death: Shooting
Last updated: almost 6 years ago
A deaf man unable to speak and brandishing a metal-toothed rake was shot to death by a police officer who answered a call of a man threatening his parents with a knife, police Chief Benny Napoleon said Wednesday.
Lawyer Geoffrey Fieger called the death an execution and said he has been hired to sue on behalf of Shaw's parents.