Louisville Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ken.)
The federal investigation into the Jan. 3 shooting death of Michael Newby is ongoing, according to officials who said yesterday that they don’t know when FBI investigators will complete it.
David Beyer, spokesman for the local office of the FBI, said investigators have spoken with several witnesses. He said he could not identify them or say whether the investigators had spoken to McKenzie Mattingly, the Louisville Metro Police officer who fatally shot Newby during what police said was an attempted undercover drug buy.
Once investigators are finished with the case, the local FBI office will send it to the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice in Washington.
“They will review it and determine if further action needs to be pursued,” Beyer said.
The FBI initiated an investigation into the Newby shooting Jan. 5 to determine whether the 19-year-old’s civil rights were violated.
Mattingly was indicted yesterday by a Jefferson County grand jury on charges of murder and wanton endangerment.
Beyer said that while the federal probe continues, “Oftentimes, if an individual is indicted by state court, federal prosecutors will defer any action until the conclusion of the state action.”