PORTER BURKS

The five police officers involved in the fatal October shooting of Detroit resident Porter Burks will not face charges, officials announced Wednesday.

DETROIT, MI -- Officers who shot and killed a 20-year-old man when he charged at them with a knife were justified in their actions, Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy ruled. Detroit officers fired 38 shots in three seconds as Porter Burks ran toward them in the early morning hours of Oct. 2. “Officers repeatedly warned Mr. Burks to keep his distance prior to his running, then ordered him to stop and drop the knife. Given how rapidly Mr. Burks was charging toward the police while armed with a knife, the decision to shoot Mr. Burks was justified,” Worthy wrote in an opinion. Burks’ family has filed a $50 million wrongful death lawsuit against the City of Detroit and five police officers.

Burks was experiencing a mental health crisis when he lunged at police with a knife

Community members rallied Saturday, calling on Detroit Police to improve how it responds to mental health crises.

Activists took their fight to Detroit City Council as they pushed for answers into the shooting death of Porter Burks.

Wayne County medical examiner found that Porter Burks was struck by 19 of the 38 shots directed at him by Detroit police.

DETROIT -- The City of Detroit and five unnamed Detroit police officers have been named in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of Porter Burks, a 20-year-old black man who was shot and killed last month by police. Officials say responding officers fired 38 shots at Burks, striking him 19 times, according to an autopsy released by Fieger. You’re OK,” a member of the Detroit Police Department’s crisis intervention team can be heard telling Burks, the AP reports. Whatever you’re going through, I can help you.”Burks didn’t drop the knife and eventually ran at officers, who then opened fire. READ MORE:Woman shot and killed at Flint apartment complex on Halloween night17-year-old fatally shot at Jackson partyFeds charge Muskegon couple with making, distributing child pornography

For the third time in less than a week, activists marched on Detroit’s west side demanding justice for Porter Burks, who was shot and killed by police officers during a mental health crisis.

Members of the National Action Network are demanding that Detroit police release the names of the officers involved in the fatal shooting of Porter Burks that happened on Oct. 2.

Porter Burks was shot and killed by Detroit police during a mental health check on Sunday and now his family is demanding justice.

Attorney Geoffrey Fieger spoke Thursday on behalf of the family of Porter Burks, a man who was shot and killed by Detroit police during a mental health check this weekend.

DETROIT, MI -- Detroit Police have released body cam video of officers fatally shooting a man armed with a knife who ran toward them early Oct. 2. The family of Porter Burks, 22, told police that Burks was in a mental health crisis and he was armed with a knife. Officers found Burks in the area of Snowden near Lyndon, standing in the middle of a street. The video, shown by police during a press conference Tuesday, Oct. 4, shows officers approach Burks and offer him help. The officer were trying to negotiate with him and, without provocation, he charged the officer(s) with a knife in hand,” White said.

Detroit police released body cam footage that shed light on a deadly police shooting that killed a man with a knife during a mental health check on the city’s west side.

Five Detroit police officers fired a total of 38 shots, killing a 22-year-old man during a mental health check because he charged at them with a knife, according to authorities.

An investigation is underway after police officers fatally shot a man Sunday morning on Detroit’s west side.