Nearly a month after Michigan State University senior and Maryland native Isaiah Kirby was shot and killed by East Lansing police, his family is asking for transparency.

East Lansing police responded to the area of Abbot and Lake Lansing roads on April 15. In a press conference after the shooting, Police Chief Jennifer Brown said that when officers arrived on the scene, they found Kirby, 21, allegedly holding a bloody knife. 

The Owings Mills, Maryland, family alleges that Kirby was not suffering from a mental health crisis when he was approached by police.

Family attorney Teresa Bingman said she viewed an edited police video of the encounter and disputes the department’s report. 

“We did not even see a weapon in the hand of the person who was purported to be Isaiah. The face was blacked out, he was running down the street with his hands up, a telephone in one hand and a cup and some object in another,” Bingman said. 

Bingman said the family is looking for more footage of the scene from bystanders and trying to learn more about what led up to the shooting. As of May 12, Bingman said they haven’t filed a lawsuit against the department. 

“We want justice, whatever that means, criminal, civil, both, we don’t know yet, but as we gather facts, we’ll have a better understanding of the direction in which we can go,” Bingman said. 

The family alleges that Kirby was not suffering from a mental health crisis when he was approached by police. 

“Since that day, all I wanted to know was what was the truth? I didn’t ask for nothing else. I don’t ask for nothing else. I just want to know the truth of what happened behind my baby as to why he is no longer on this earth breathing,” said Kirby’s mother, Karyn Kirby.

“Truth and transparency is all we ask for. Why delay the information if you’re not trying to hide things? Puda, I love you in the morning.”

CBS News Detroit reached out to East Lansing police for comment and is awaiting a response.

Michigan schools, libraries and nonprofit groups are set to receive more than $280,000 in literacy funding, according to a community announcement issued by Dollar General Literacy Foundation. The money is intended to support reading and education programs across the state.

The grants are part of a nationwide single-day award total of nearly $16 million. The funding supports adult, family and summer literacy programs in the 48 states where Dollar General operates.

In Michigan, the grants are expected to affect more than 9,600 people, according to the announcement.

The grants are for nonprofit organizations, libraries and schools. According to the announcement, eligible groups must be within a 15-mile radius of a Dollar General store or distribution center.

The money may be used for new technology, books, materials or software. The grants can help groups start literacy programs or expand existing ones.

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Several Michigan organizations received grants of $10,000, the highest amount. Those recipients included:

• Adrian Rea Literacy Center in Adrian
• Arab Community Center For Economic And Social Services (Access) in Dearborn
• Literacy Center Of West Michigan in Grand Rapids
• Houghton Lake Community Education in Houghton Lake
• Livingston County Literacy Coalition in Howell
• Goodwill Industries Of Southwestern Michigan in Kalamazoo
• Kalamazoo Literacy Council in Kalamazoo
• Capital Area Literacy Coalition / The Reading People in Lansing
• The Global Institute Of Lansing
• Van Buren Intermediate School District in Lawrence
• Reading Patch Literacy Foundation Inc. in Niles
• Grace Centers Of Hope in Pontiac
• Oakland Literacy Council in Pontiac
• Literacy And Beyond Inc. in Port Huron
• Gigi’S Playhouse — Detroit LLC in Southfield
• Southgate Community Schools in Southgate

FLINT, Mich. (AP) — A man in Michigan who got married and then ran over his best friend that same day, killing him, after an alcohol-fueled argument was sentenced Monday to least 30 years in prison.

“The only thing I can do for the rest of my life is express my apology and remorse. … I will forever be sorry,” James Shirah said in Genesee County court.

Shirah, 24, was driving when his vehicle struck Terry Taylor Jr. in Flint, about an hour’s drive northwest of Detroit, on Aug. 30, 2024. He and Savanah Collier were married earlier that day and the celebration had moved to a house.

Shirah’s attorney had argued that the crash was not intentional. Prosecutors, however, said Shirah had left the scene and had time to reflect before returning and striking Taylor, MLive.com reported.

“Mr. Shirah, I believe that you are not a criminal. You are, however, a killer,” Judge Khary Hanible said.

In April, Shirah pleaded no contest to second-degree murder and other offenses. He will be eligible for parole after 30 years.

“I hope that they throw the book at you,” Taylor’s cousin, Eren Taylor, said before Shirah received his sentence.

Shirah’s wife will be sentenced later in May for being an accessory.