Lawyers for Family of Virginia Man Killed in Police Custody Want DOJ to Step In

Caroline Ouko, mother of Irvo Otieno, holds a portrait of her son with attorney Ben Crump (L) and her older son, Leon Ochieng at the Dinwiddie Courthouse in Dinwiddie, Va., on March 16, 2023. Daniel Sangjib Min/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP

Lawyers for the family of a Virginia man who died in police custody say the Department of Justice should be involved in the case.

Ten people, including seven Henrico County sheriff’s deputies, have been charged with second-degree murder for the March 6 death of 28-year-old Irvo Noel Otieno.