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On Thursday, The Louisville Metro Police Department released body camera footage of a U.S. Marshal shooting and killing a Louisville man in the Chickasaw neighborhood of Louisville last week.

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Cryer's mother, Latonya Jamison, viewed the video before it was released to the public. She said she couldn't watch past the part when her son was shot and falls to the ground.

Even though the video appears to show what looks like a weapon, Jamison still believes officers did not have to kill him.

Shouts to "drop the gun" can be heard as officer chased after 25-year-old Omari Cryer along Sutliffe Avenue on May 20.

The moments unfold quickly as the video continues.

WLKY chose to stop the video at the point where shots can be heard seconds after Cryer jumps the fence.

What follows are the next commands, after the U.S. Marshal fired two shots.

About 30 seconds later, officers can be heard rendering aid. "Omari, Omari, stay with me," one officer can be heard saying.

20 minutes later, Cryer was pronounced dead.

In the following days, an already skeptical community demanded transparency and answers are to why this unfolded after they learned that U.S. Marshals do not wear body cameras.

Louisville Urban League President Sadiqa Reynolds said this shooting is yet another round of trauma in the community.

"Like many things in life, this is complicated, but what is hard to process and comprehend is more death in our community, more violence in our community," said Reynolds.

Initial reports did not specify what led up to the shooting.

Cryer's mother believes officials should have been transparent from the beginning that her son had brandished a gun. "I think that a mother in pain wants to protect the legacy of her child," Jamison said.

Also released Thursday were warrants showing what the U.S. Marshals were there for.

Cryer was wanted for charges of assault, strangulation and terroristic threats that were related to domestic violence.

These documents name the victim as the mother of one of Cryer's children.

They allege that Cryer punched the woman in the head in her sleep, pushed her into a wall, pistol-whipped her and even placed his forearm around her neck, to the point where she could not breathe.

Reports state while this was happening, Cryer was threatening to kill her.

His mother says this chase, and the appearance that he had a gun, did not constitute U.S. Marshals shooting to kill.

"It's true he didn't have to die, but we do have to acknowledge, and it is a painful thing for a loved one to acknowledge, that he played a role in his death, and I think we owe it to ourselves to be honest about that," said Reynolds. She says she will continue to fight for justice.

LMPD's Public Integrity Unit is still investigating the shooting.

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