On Lundi Gras evening, February 8, 2016, Eric Harris, a 22-year-old African-American man, was shot and killed after a vehicle pursuit that began at Oakwood Mall in Gretna and ended in the Central City neighborhood of New Orleans. Jefferson Parish deputies chased a vehicle they reported Harris was driving; deputies said they opened fire after the car struck a telephone pole and its reverse lights came on, which they interpreted as an imminent threat. The New Orleans Coroner’s Office ruled Harris died of multiple gunshot wounds and a handgun was reported recovered from the vehicle.

A passenger in the car, Harris’s girlfriend Tyshara Blouin, disputed the deputies’ account, saying Harris was asking if she was okay after the crash and did not have time to put the car in reverse when the deputies began shooting. Nine shell casings were recovered at the scene. A joint investigation by the New Orleans Police Department and the FBI was conducted, and the Orleans Parish District Attorney ultimately declined to bring criminal charges against Deputies Kenneth Bonura and Henry DeJean. The family later filed a wrongful death lawsuit.

Are there witnesses or additional details about the chase and the moments after the crash that could clarify what happened?