African American leaders in Delaware want the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate the police shooting death of Jeremy McDole for civil rights violations.
The 28 year old McDole was sitting in a wheel chair when he was ordered to drop a gun by police.
Authorities say when he appeared to reach for his waist the officers fired.
State Prosecutors say the will not bring any criminal charges against the officers.
The Reverend Donald Morton, executive director of the group Complexities of Color Coalition, told the Wilmington News Journal that his group had sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch.
In it, he said, the prosecutors report was “replete with potential civil rights violations.”
The paper reports that the U.S. Attorney General’s Office in Delaware issued a statement saying that it was monitoring the state investigation and will now review the results for civil rights violations.
