The lawsuit alleges wrongful death, excessive use of lethal force and constitutional violations against Ward, his mother and his mother's boyfriend in the shooting and subsequent arrest of Ward's mother and her boyfriend. Following the incident, then-Law-Enforcement Bureau Chief and now-Sheriff David Lucero claimed Ward was "walking around to the parents parked in the loop and banging on windows and just acting very strangely" and that he "appeared to be under the influence of alcohol or drugs. We demand accountability for those that are responsible for killing Richard