They questioned the account by police, which released surveillance video they said appeared to show David McAtee firing a gun from the door as officers shot the projectiles.
McAtee’s family is left wondering how he, a well-known community figure who fed police for free from his barbecue stand, ended up a casualty of the unrest.
He was asked Wednesday if the video showed McAtee shooting at police.
That revelation only reinforced the mistrust that many in the community have toward police, said Rev. Frank Smith Jr., president of the Interdenominational Ministerial Coalition, who prayed with McAtee’s family hours after the fatal shooting.
Beshear also authorized state police to independently investigate the shooting, referring to the video as “only one piece” of the investigation into circumstances leading to McAtee’s death.
