A Black man was shot and killed in Raleigh, North Carolina Monday by city police officers after they chased the alleged drug suspect. Akiel Denkins, 24, was unarmed according to his mother and witness statements, the Huffington Post reports.

According to Rolanda Byrd, at least 40 witnesses saw her son Akiel Denkins, 24, be fatally shot in the back in Raleigh, NC.