The family of Isaiah Kirby, the Michigan State University student killed in an officer-involved shooting by East Lansing Police on April 15, held a press conference Tuesday alongside the Greater Lansing NAACP.
Kirby, 21, was shot and killed by multiple East Lansing Police officers near the intersection of Abbot and Lake Lansing roads just after 6 p.m. on April 15. Police say that shooting happened after Kirby stabbed a man who was rushed to the hospital in critical condition.
Kirby’s mother spoke at the press conference, describing the grief of losing her firstborn son just days before his 22nd birthday and weeks after the family had visited him on campus for a March Madness game. She said Kirby had been studying at MSU, was excited about a job interview in Texas, and was on track to graduate later that month…