MANDEVILLE, Manchester — The family of 14-year-old Mikhail Simpson, who was shot dead by police on Sunday after what was said to be a high-speed car chase starting at Kendal and ending approximately five kilometres away at Williamsfield in Manchester, are fuming and demanding answers.

A report that a shoot-out with the police resulted in the teen’s demise and injury to his brother, has given the family more reason to question the circumstances as they say the brothers had earlier gone to church and were on their way home when the incident occurred.

“I need justice. Something has to be done. A proper investigation needs to be done,” Mikhail’s sister, Yanique Dixon, told journalists on Monday.

“What would my 14-year-old brother have to do with a shooting? I want the person who did it to face my mother and explain to her why you killed my brother. I am just demanding justice. Something needs to be done. There are a lot of things that were done that were not professional,” she added.

Mikhail, who was a student at Bellefield High School, was reportedly a passenger in a white Toyota Mark X motor car driven by his 20-year-old brother when they were shot by the police.

According to the police, about 5:00 pm there was a vehicular checkpoint at Kendal when the Mark X was observed turning in what appeared to be an attempt to elude the checkpoint.

The police said the Mark X travelled towards Williamsfield, where another police team attempted to intercept the vehicle, but a high-speed chase ensued.

During the chase the Mark X crashed into a pickup near the Williamsfield train line. The driver of the pickup sustained minor injuries to his hand and had to seek cover during the shooting.

The Mark X came to a stop at a bar, near Hope Village. Police said two occupants of the car escaped on foot, while a third occupant was found suffering from what appeared to be gunshot wounds and was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Hamish Campbell, assistant commissioner at the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM), said no weapon was seized at the scene.

“We are investigating the fatal shooting of the 14-year-old boy and the shooting injury of his brother… No weapon was recovered at the scene at all. The officers shot at the car and this is the outcome of shooting at a car, but the inquiry is at an early stage,” he said.

When asked if INDECOM was told of a third occupant in the Mark X, Campbell said, “From the accounts that we received from the young man who survived the shooting, who was the driver of the car, and his brother who was in the car, there was nobody else in the car.”

When contacted on Monday, head of the Manchester police, Deputy Superintendent Carey Duncan, said he was in the Bellefield area.

Dixon is insisting that her brother was killed in “cold blood” by the police.

“They didn’t give him a chance to stop and find out what was happening, they just shoot up the car and just killed my brother in cold blood. Just a grade eight student at Bellefield High School and they just killed him just like that for nothing. What is life?” she asked.

She recounted the last time she spoke with her brothers.

“They were just coming from church with my mother. They called me on video call and let me speak to everyone at church and after church, because it was Father’s Day I got the chance to speak to everyone at home,” she said.

“They got their dinner and were heading home [to Bellefield] and just like that they just killed my brother so…,” added Dixon.

The distraught woman said her 20-year-old brother, who was reportedly driving the Mark X, ran from the vehicle in fear for his life.

“He ran away and we had to get a lot of people to go for him, because I know in my heart that if the police was supposed to go they probably would have killed him,” she charged.

“I want justice. I need them to let me know what took place. Why would you kill my brother?” she asked.

The 20-year-old man has been admitted at hospital under police guard.

“My other brother is now suffering from a gunshot wound to the face. The bullet is lodged in his face. Where it is at is sensitive, so they cannot operate just yet,” Dixon said and repeated her call for the incident to be thoroughly probed.

Councillor Mario Mitchell (People’s National Party, Bellefield Division) also called for a thorough investigation by INDECOM.

“I have met with the family and the INDECOM investigators and I am asking that a fulsome investigation be done. When I arrived on the scene the report that I got was that there was a shoot-out and a high-speed chase… There are so many questions. He was to be doing his exams at the Bellefield High School. It is sad, and something that shouldn’t have happened in our community,” he said.

“I want the family to be assured that INDECOM is doing their investigation. There will be independence in the investigation and I can assure that we will leave no stone unturned to ensure that justice is served. This is a 14-year-old, promising young man from the Bellefield community and Kendal,” added Mitchell.