ST. LOUIS • The mother of a man killed by a St. Louis police officer Jan. 9 has sued the department, the city and the officer, alleging the officer used unlawful deadly force and lied about the shooting.

Camille Curtis on Tuesday filed suit here in U.S. District Court accusing Officer Matthew Shaw of unjustly killing Davion Henderson, 21, after a police chase.

Henderson, of the 100 block of Anistasia Drive in Hazelwood, died from his wounds after the fleeing SUV he was riding in crashed and flipped at Page Boulevard and North Taylor Avenue. Officers spotted the SUV near Goodfellow and Page boulevards after an automated police license plate reader alerted them that the vehicle had been reported stolen, said then-Police Chief Sam Dotson.

Dotson said two officers approached the SUV, and one of the three males inside pointed a gun at them. One of the officers — identified in the lawsuit as Shaw — fired his weapon, killing Henderson. Two other males in the car, 16 and 23, suffered minor injuries in the crash.

The lawsuit identifies the other officer as Willie Haymon but does not list him as a defendant.