The mother of a man fatally shot last May by Hackensack Police said Sunday night she would sue unless she learns whether a grand jury was impaneled to hear the case, The Record reported.
SOUTH HACKENSACK -- The mother of a man fatally shot last May by Hackensack Police said Sunday night she would sue unless she learns whether a grand jury was impaneled to hear the case, The Record reported.
About 30 friends of Elvin Diaz gathered Sunday to remember him.
Hackensack Police went to Diaz's Temple Avenue home on May 21 after he didn't show up for a probation appointment. Diaz attacked them with a kitchen cleaver and Sgt. Miguel Molina and Officer Elvin Hernandez shot him, authorities have said.
Former Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said in August a grand jury would be impaneled to decide whether the officers would face charges, but there has been no word of any proceedings since.
Cecilia Diaz, Elvin's mother, said she would wait three to four more weeks, and if she hears nothing about grand jury proceedings, she would sue.
Diaz's friends said he was a kind person who loved tattoos, not the violent person he was made out to be.
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