KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The mother of a 24-year-old man who was fatally shot by Kansas City police in 2013 has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners and the officer who shot her son.
Narene Stokes-James filed the lawsuit on Thursday, the Kansas City Star reported (http://bit.ly/2aQdg5y ). Her son, Ryan Stokes, was shot and killed by a police officer at the end of a foot chase in downtown Kansas City.