Members of Akai Gurley's family fill the pews in front of his casket during his wake at Brown Memorial Baptist Church in New York, Friday, Dec. 5, 2014. Gurley was shot and killed by a New York City police officer in a dark public housing stairwell on Nov. 20, 2014. New York City police officials are calling Gurley's death an accident. (AP Photo/The New York Times, Richard Perry, Pool) bberitaa.blogspot.comNEW YORK (AP) - Friends and family members of a man shot by police in a New York City housing project stairwell have recited poems and said prayers at his funeral.
Akai (uh-KY') Gurley's loved ones, including his mother, stepfather and 2-year-old daughter, gathered Saturday in Brooklyn.
The 28-year-old Gurley was killed Nov. 20. Police say Officer Peter Liang was patrolling a pitch-dark stairwell when Gurley and his girlfriend opened a door into the stairway.
Police have said Liang apparently fired by accident, killing Gurley. Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth Thompson said Friday that he would present the case to a grand jury.
An aunt of Gurley's, Janice Asiedu, tells TV station New York 1 that she wants 'justice to be served.'
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