Imani Peterson, a 19-year-old Black woman, was an innocent bystander when she was shot and killed by Detroit police after they fired several rounds into a crowd of people during a backyard party last year, according to a lawsuit filed in federal court last week.

The lawsuit states the mother of a 4-year-old boy and aspiring veterinarian was shot by either an unidentified female officer who fired several rounds into the crowd after tripping and stumbling forward or an unidentified male officer who also fired several rounds into the crowd.

Peterson spent two weeks in the hospital in critical condition before she died.

“Plaintiff’s decedent, Imani Peterson, was unarmed and posed no threat to Officers “A” and “B,” states the lawsuit filed on June 3 by attorney Alvin L. Keel on behalf of Pet

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