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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Supreme Court rejects case of Oklahoma teen killed by police

Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

The Supreme Court won't hear a civil rights case brought by the parents of a teenager who was naked and unarmed when he was fatally shot by an Oklahoma police officer in 2019.

The high court on Monday rejected without comment the lawsuit bought by the parents of Isaiah Lewis. Police have said that the 17-year-old was shot after he broke into a home in Edmond and attacked two officers. They have said that a stun gun had no effect on him.

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