05-17-2010, 01:54 PM
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Fieger: The shot was fired from outside Aiyana home
7-year-old killed during police raid Sunday
BY JIM SCHAEFER
FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER
Southfield attorney Geoffrey Fieger said this afternoon that he has viewed videotape that shows the gunshot that killed 7-year-old Aiyana Jones came from outside the house and not after an altercation inside the door as police officials have claimed.
“It’s not an accident. It’s not a mistake. There was no altercation,” Fieger said. “The bullet was shot from outside the house.”
Fieger, who is representing the dead girl’s family, said he will file lawsuits on their behalf on Tuesday.
He would not disclose the source of the videotape, but said it shows the event from before the police raid until after the girl’s body was carried outside.
Police officials who were investigating the incident have said the shooting Sunday morning on Detroit’s east side was accidental and occurred after officers were inside the home.
Assistant Chief Ralph Godbee said the gunshot occurred after some type of altercation between one of the officers and the girl’s grandmother.
Today, Godbee refused to comment on Fieger’s allegations and many other swirling questions because the state police have taken over the investigation.
Contact JIM SCHAEFER: 313-223-4542 or [email protected].
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