Video After The Jump
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — (WLKY) A wrongful death lawsuit claims a 17-year-old boy who was fatally shot in a parking lot last year died because he was working as a confidential informant for Louisville Metro police.
Now the boy's mother is speaking out after a video on the day of her son's death has surfaced.
Shawanda Carter say her son's behavior was suspicious in the weeks before his death.
Carter now believes she knows what was happening.
The lawsuit alleges cell phone video shows LMPD officers removing "electronic surveillance equipment" from Stoner's body when they first responded to the scene.
The mother's attorney, Ira Schechter, acknowledges the video is "really grainy."
"But I could still make out what I thought was clearly a police officer removing surveillance wires off Devor Stoner & then running away," Schechter said. "And even I thought I could see the wrapping of the wire around his wrist as he sprinted off."
The lawsuit presents only one side of the allegations.
"LMPD resoundingly refutes what is being put forth and further encourages interested parties to submit open records requests for the body-worn camera footage as necessary redactions must be completed in accordance with Kentucky state law."
Stoner died on Aug. 25, 2021, after being fatally shot at the Zaxby's restaurant.
On July 27, Antonio Lawson was indicted on charges of complicity to murder & complicity to robbery.
According to court documents filed in that case, Stoner was shot while he & Lawson "attempted to rob & carjack" a victim.
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