HICKORY, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) -- "This case really just boils down to law enforcement officers shooting a gentleman who was running away from them and was unarmed at the time," said Anthony Burts, the Setzer family attorney.

Timothy Craig Setzer was shot and killed by a Hickory police officer in August 2023. His mother, Christina Tolley, is still getting used to not having her son by her side.

Now, she's looking for the officers involved to be held accountable.

"The narrative was that Mr. Setzer reached for his waistband and pulled out a gun. But the objective investigation that was conducted by the State Bureau of Investigation reveals that, unequivocally, Mr. Setzer was unarmed at the time that he was shot. So we filed a lawsuit," Burts said.

The lawsuit alleges that a Hickory offi

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