Darrien Hunt was dressed as a Japanese anime character and role-playing when he was shot to death by pigs

An attorney for the family of a black man who was killed by Utah police said Friday he will ask the Department of Justice and FBI to investigate the shooting.

Lawyer Randall Edwards said at a news conference that it's likely 22-year-old Darrien Hunt was dressed as a Japanese anime character and role-playing when he was shot. That, he says, could explain why Hunt was carrying a sword.

Edwards accused Saratoga Springs police of using excessive force and treating Darrien Hunt differently because he was black.

"I just can't believe that this kid in the costume was somehow posing such a threat to the officers or everybody else that deadly force was the first and only option," Edwards said.

Authorities say race played no role in the shooting. They say officers were reacting to Hunt lunging at them with the steel sword.

Hunt was killed on Sept. 10 in a strip mall after police responded to a call about a suspicious man with a sword.

The Utah County Sheriff's Office, which is overseeing the investigation of the shooting, said it was learning more about what happened but has no indication that race was a factor.

In a statement, prosecutors said it will be several weeks until their review is complete. They declined to provide further details.

The office did, however, release a photo of the sword Hunt carried that day. It shows a blade that is 2 1/2 feet long with a point. The Hunt family previously described it as a play sword with plastic blade.

Edwards said it a decorative sword, not a weapon. He also said an independent autopsy done for the family shows Darrien Hunt was shot six times from behind, with the fatal shot hitting Hunt square in the back.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/lawyer-feds-probe-utah-police-shooting-25632571

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Darrien Hunt was dressed as a Japanese anime character and role-playing when he was shot to death by pigs

Darrien Hunt was dressed as a Japanese anime character and role-playing when he was shot to death by pigs

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