The East Lansing Police Department plans to release footage of Isaiah Kirby, the Michigan State University senior who was killed in an officer-involved shooting last month, to the public today after a meeting with the Kirby family. This comes after police showed the family what they called a “selectively compiled” video on May 7. 

There will be “public release of a narrated video, including witness cellphone footage, and body-worn and fleet footage redacted as appropriate under law,” the May 14 press release reads.

Still, at a press conference on May 12, the family expressed their continued frustration with police. 

At the press conference, Isaiah’s mother repeatedly called for the immediate release of the raw footage evidence.

“We've asked for Michigan State Police and the East Lansing Police Department for truth and transparency,” said Karyn Kirby.

The fatal officer-involved shooting occurred near the intersection of Abbot and Lake Lansing roads on April 15.

The incident occurred after the stabbing of Douglas Mielock, 63. At the scene, Kirby ran towards police, who said he did not follow orders to drop the knife in his hand.

On May 7, the Kirby family sat down with their attorney, Teresa Caine Bingman, and the NAACP Lansing branch president, James McCurtis, to watch footage police edited with narration. 

The family released a statement later that day demanding the release of the “complete, raw and unedited video evidence” from ELPD.

At the press conference on Tuesday, the attorney described the footage shown by ELPD.