Timothy Ray Russell, 43, was killed on November 29, 2012, after a 22-minute police chase that began in downtown Cleveland and ended in East Cleveland. Russell was driving a 1979 Chevrolet Malibu with passenger Malissa Williams, 30. Over 60 officers surrounded the vehicle; officers said they thought shots had been fired from the car but investigators later determined the noise was an exhaust backfire. Both Russell and Williams, who were unarmed, were struck during the barrage of police gunfire. Russell suffered 23 gunshot wounds to the head, neck and torso, and his death was ruled a homicide.

Officer Michael Brelo was charged with two counts of voluntary manslaughter and two counts of felonious assault; a Cuyahoga County judge acquitted him on May 23, 2015, finding his use of force legally justified. The families later settled a civil suit against the City of Cleveland for $3 million in November 2014. The incident prompted the firing of six Cleveland officers (five were later reinstated) and helped galvanize the emerging Black Lives Matter movement.

What details about the chase, the decision to fire, or the subsequent investigations still need answers for readers who followed this case?