Almost a week after police killed a Wichita, Kansas man responding to a hoax \u2018swatting\u2019 call, his mother is demanding police let her bury her son. A California man who made the call may face murder charges.<\/p>\n
Andrew Finch, 28, was shot and killed by Wichita police last week. On Tuesday, his mother Lisa wrote a letter to Wichita mayor Jeff Longwell and Police Chief Gordon Ramsay, listing eight questions. Among other things, Finch is asking why authorities have not revealed the identity of the officer who shot and killed her son, why officers handcuffed the family and interrogated them after Finch was shot, and where her son\u2019s body is being kept, according to local outlet WKTR<\/a>.<\/p>\n She asked why \u201cWichita City leadership is compounding our grief and sorrow, by keeping my son from us,\u201d<\/em> according to WKTR.<\/p>\n \u201cPlease let me see my son\u2019s lifeless body,\u201d<\/em> she wrote. \u201cI want to hold him and say goodbye. Please immediately return his body to us.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Wichita Police Chief Gordon Ramsay said none of the officers at the scene were members of the SWAT team and were not trained to handle hostage situations, according to the Wichita Eagle<\/a>. The initial 911 call showed up as a local number, he said. \u201cThe information I have, it was a spoofed number.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Police have released portions of video of the incident. \u201cWe believe what it shows\u2026 His (Finch\u2019s) hands go up and down and around his waistband, and the one arm goes out at about a 45-degree angle,\u201d<\/em> Ramsay said.<\/p>\n The Wichita incident was the first death due to “swatting”<\/em> in the US, as far as Ramsay was aware.<\/p>\n \u201cThere will be a thorough review of this,\u201d<\/em> the chief said Tuesday evening. \u201cWe want to do everything we can so nothing like this never happens again, ever.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n