Family of man killed by Burien police speaks out
The investigation continues after Burien resident Derrick Ameer Ellis-Cook was shot and killed by police last Saturday.His family is looking for an...
The investigation continues after Burien resident Derrick Ameer Ellis-Cook was shot and killed by police last Saturday.His family is looking for answers amid their grief.'I want to know why they killed my son. I just want to know why. What happened?' said Irma Ellis-Smith, the victim's mother. She tells KIRO 7 she saw her son only hours before the shooting.On Saturday, officers with the Burien Police Department responded to an apartment on Roseburg Avenue South after receiving reports of shots fired during a domestic dispute.