Police say they fired in self-defense, but Moses Yazid's family says officers were wrong to shoot.  Today they filed what could be a multi-million-dollar wrongful death suit against the City of Tampa and the officers.

Police say Yazid ran a stop sign on Riverhills Drive in May of 2005.  They say he refused to give them a license, or his real name.  When Yazid would not get out of the car, two officers tried to pull him out.  He resisted, was tasered, and then shot to death -- after police say he turned his wheels in their direction and tried to run an officer down.

Said police spokeswoman Laura McElroy that night, "the vehicle came rushing towards him, he pulled out his gun and was stepping aside at the same time, firing shots, fearing for his life."

Attorney Barry Cohen, suing for wrongful death, says there was no threat to police.

"If he turned to the left all the way and took off," Cohen says, "there was no way in the world he was going to hit this guy."