In an an interview with WDRB, Chief Paul Humphrey said the department had already “poured in several hours” reviewing body camera, documentation and other evidence in the case and that the report from the Office of Inspector General on Omari Cryer's death was “completely misleading.”
The 2022 shooting death of Omari Cryer by the U.S. Marshals Office during a joint arrest with Louisville police has prompted several allegations of wrongdoing from Louisville’s Metro Inspector General, including making false statements in both a search warrant affidavit and criminal complaint.
Kentucky's attorney general said the department violated open records laws when it failed to turn over information to the family of Omari Cryer, who was shot and killed by a U.S. Marshal last May.
Omari Cryer, 25, was killed in the Chickasaw neighborhood in west Louisville last May.
Omari Cryer, 25, was killed Friday morning around 8:30 a.m. in the Chickasaw neighborhood in west Louisville.
Omari Cryer, 25, was killed Friday morning around 8:30 a.m. in the Chickasaw neighborhood in west Louisville.
The Louisville Metro Police Department issued a statement Friday afternoon confirming that its Public Integrity Unit has been asked to investigate a shooting that took place by a deputy U.S. Marshal.