In photo Brenda Mason, mother of the Quamaine Mason, and her nephew Bryant Riggs [MORE]  From [HERE] A grand jury will be asked to decide whether there's sufficient evidence to prosecute a Lafayette police officer in the Dec. 9 shooting death of Quamaine Dwayne Mason. A grand jury is scheduled to consider the case July 18, according to Mike Harson, district attorney of the 15th Judicial District Court. If the grand jury finds sufficient evidence, it may issue a true bill. Charges then could be filed against the police officer. Harson then may prosecute him.

Mason, 21, of Carencro was shot to death by a Lafayette police canine officer the evening of Dec. 9 as Mason left his girlfriend's apartment in the Campus Crossings apartment complex on Theater Drive. The Louisiana State Police initial report states, "When the officers arrived on the scene, they encountered an armed suspect at the doorway to an apartment. An officer fired shots at the suspect, fatally wounding him."

Mason's girlfriend told news reporters the next day that Mason's hands were up and his gun was not drawn when the police officer shot him multiple times.