Connected Car
They have only provided basic information about events leading up to the shooting, including that the car Sykap was driving was connected to other crimes. It shows an officer standing behind the white Honda Sykap was driving and shooting into the car 10 times. According to the lawsuit, Sykap had stopped the car before officers fired multiple shots into it. The lawsuit also alleges that since Sykap was killed, the city has made “false and misleading statements” and “taunted and threatened” Sykap’s family. The suit follows another wrongful death lawsuit filed against the city last month by the family of Lindani Myeni, who was shot and killed by HPD officers days after Sykap’s death.