The mother of Jaylen Lewis , a 25-year-old who died in a 2022 shooting incident involving Capitol Police, filed a lawsuit against the police agency and others in federal court last week.

The lawsuit, filed Sept. 24 in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, alleges that then-officers Michael Rhinewalt and Steven Frederick Jr. used "excessive and unjustified force" when they fatally shot Lewis on Sept. 25, 2022.

Rhinewalt and Frederick were part of the Captiol Police crime suppression unit called "Flex."

In March 2025, a Hinds County grand jury indicted Rhinewalt and Frederick Jr. on a manslaughter charge for the fatal shooting of Lewis during what authorities previously said was a routine traffic stop on E. Mayes Street.

According to the indictment, Frederick

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