WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is declining a civil rights suit brought by the parents of a teen who was naked and unarmed when he was fatally shot by an Oklahoma police officer in 2019.
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed without comment the lawsuit bought by the parents of Isaiah Lewis. Police have said the 17-year-old was shot after breaking into a home in Edmond and assaulting two officers. They said a stun gun had no effect on him.
Lewis’ lawyers wrote that he accidentally smoked marijuana with PCP on the day he was shot. His parents argued that he was experiencing a mental health crisis and that police used excessive force.
An autopsy report revealed that Lewis suffered a total of four gunshot wounds to his face, thighs and groin.
A federal court judge had allowed the trial against the officer who shot Lewis, but a three-judge panel of the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver reversed that ruling. The decision of the Supreme Court not to hear the case upholds the decision of the Court of Appeal.
