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There’s some more from Claudia Lauer of the Associated Press on the family of Walter Wallace Jr, the 27 year old Black man who was shot dead by police in Philadelphia on Monday afternoon, leading to two nights of protest.

The family lawyer says they had called for an ambulance to get him help with a mental health crisis, not for police intervention.

Police have said he was wielding a knife and ignored orders to drop the weapon before officers fired shots. His parents said that officers knew their son was in a mental health crisis because they had been to the family’s house three times on Monday.

Cathy Wallace, his mother, said one of the times, “they stood there and laughed at us.”

The Wallace family’s attorney, Shaka Johnson, said the man’s wife, Dominique Wallace, is pregnant and is scheduled to have labor induced Wednesday. Johnson said Wallace had nine children, two of whom briefly spoke at a news conference late Tuesday, along with Walter Wallace’s mother and father.

“When you come to a scene where somebody is in a mental crisis, and the only tool you have to deal with it is a gun ... where are the proper tools for the job?” Johnson said, arguing that Philadelphia police officers are not properly trained to handle mental health crises.

Johnson said Wallace’s brother had called 911 to request medical assistance and ambulance.