Family of Isaiah Kirby sets up tip line after fatal police shooting

The family of Isaiah Kirby has set up a tip line, looking for information after police fatally shot the man during an incident on April 15 at a business plaza in East Lansing.

The Justice for Isaiah Kirby tip line at 1-844-9ISAIAH (1-844-947-2424) aims to get any audio, video or eyewitness or other evidence, according to a statement from Teresa A. Caine Bingman, an attorney for the family.

Set to graduate MSU in weeks, Isaiah Kirby had at least 17 gunshot wounds after police shooting, family said

“Even the smallest detail may be critical,” the statement said. “We also renew our call for transparency. We have made a formal written demand to the East Lansing Police Department and the Michigan State Police for immediate access to all complete, unedited video evidence, yet nothing has been released. In a case of this magnitude, the family, and the public, are entitled to the full truth, not edited or compiled footage.”

Kirby was a Michigan State University student who loved snakes, worked part-time at Potter Park Zoo and was excited about a recent job interview, and also was the man shot by police in an 6 p.m. incident at a corner plaza in East Lansing at the busy intersection of Lake Lansing and Abbot roads.

East Lansing Police Chief Jennifer Brown said in a news conference, hours after the shooting, that the original call involved a theft from a business and there was a second 911 call while officers were en route and that call indicated that a man “approached a second business and stabbed a victim multiple times. Upon arrival at the scene East Lansing Police Department officers encountered the suspect who appeared to have blood on his person and have an object in his hand that appeared to be a weapon. The suspect was observed running toward the officers on the scene. Officers ordered the suspect to drop the knife multiple times but the suspect refused to cooperate. Officers responded to the threat by shooting the suspect.”