BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) -- The family of Jabari Peoples, an 18-year-old who was shot and killed by a Homewood police officer, released a statement Thursday regarding the body camera footage shown to them by Jefferson County District Attorney Danny Carr.

Carr stated Wednesday body camera footage and other evidence showed Jabari Peoples had a gun in his right hand when an officer shot him on June 23. The body camera footage was shown to the family of Peoples and their attorneys Wednesday afternoon. No criminal charges will be filed against the officer who shot Peoples.

Attorneys of the family said the video was edited and there is more footage that was not shown. At a press conference outside the Jefferson County Criminal Justice Center, civil rights attorney Ben Crump claimed that the fam

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