Family members of Michael Jonathan Cortez, an Oakland resident who was killed by law enforcement, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the FBI Thursday.
, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the FBI Thursday.
Cortez was killed after an agent entered the U-U Smoke Shop located at 2585 Fruitvale Ave. in Oakland when an FBI agent, dressed in plain clothes, entered the store with his gun drawn and pointed, according to the lawsuit. An employee of the store, who said they regularly served Cortez, saw the agent also pointing his gun and believed a robbery was taking place. According to the lawsuit, the employee ran into a "safe space" of the store and believed Cortez tried to do so as well shortly before he was shot in his chest.
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