The family of a knife-and-scissor-wielding man whose fatal shooting by central Pennsylvania police was captured on dashboard video says the local prosecutor covered up what happened.
Todd William Shultz's family filed an $8 million federal civil rights lawsuit Thursday against York County and district attorney Tom Kearney as well as the Springettsbury Township Police department, its chief and two members of the force.
Family attorney Devon Jacob tells The York Dispatch that Kearney's version of the December 2012 shooting outside a Kmart store isn't supported by the video.
Officers shot Shultz 17 times. Jacob called it "shocking and unlawful."
Kearney cleared the officers of wrongdoing.
He says they made multiple attempts to subdue the 40-year-old Shultz and no choice to shoot once he refused to drop his weapons.
