The family of a man fatally shot by a Lockland police officer early Wednesday morning is seeking answers , believing he was simply a bystander when he was confronted by authorities responding to a pursuit that ended in Evendale.
Samuel Mumyarutete, 48, of Woodlawn, was a refugee fleeing a civil war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, his family said in a statement Friday through their attorney.
“Although we know the police were involved in a high-speed chase in the area, we have received no information that our father was involved in any aspect of that chase,” the statement reads. “We believe he may have been an innocent bystander.”…