From [HERE] The Kings County District Attorney’s office has opened an investigation into the death of 23-year-old Shantel Davis, who was allegedly shot and killed by an NYPD cop after a car chase in East Flatbush, a family spokesman said. Davis' family and attorney met with District Attorney Charles J. Hynes at the D.A.'s office  in downtown Brooklyn for about an hour Thursday to discuss the investigation, said Kirsten John Foy, a Davis family spokesman.

"This is the first indication of some condolence from this city," Foy said. "We've just requested that [Hynes] look into the other issues that bubble to the surface about Det. Atkins."

Atkins' fatal encounter with Davis happened on June 14, when Davis was spotted driving a stolen grey Toyota Camry westbound on Church Avenue, police said.

Atkins and his partner Daniel Guida saw Davis running a red light. When the officers gave chase, Davis crashed into a minivan at the intersection of Church and 38th Street. The officers confronted Davis in the car, and during a scuffle to remove her, Atkins allegedly shot the woman by accident in the chest. The two removed Davis from the car, and she collapsed on the street in a pool of blood. She died while being transported to King’s County Hospital. The death sparked several days of unrest in the neighborhood, and neighbors organized a protest against the killing on June 16.

Davis' death sparked outrage among her neighbors and family, who denounced the detective who allegedly shot her, Phil Atkins, as a "renegade" cop with a history of aggressive behavior toward residents. Court records show that Atkins has been sued several times in the last decade by residents accusing him of using undue force and fabricating evidence. Foy, an aide to Public Adovcate Bill DeBlasio who was detained by police at a 2011 West Indian Day Parade, said the family presented Hynes with multiple examples of excessive force used by Atkins in the East Flatbush neighborhood.