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WEBVTT C. MEETING TODAY, EMILY? EMILY: TONIGHT WLWT'S LEARNED THAT JOHN CRAWFORD'S PARENTS AND THEIR LAWYER, MICHAEL WRIGHT, MET WTH U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL LORETTA LYNCH. A SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT MORE THAN 2 YEARS AFTER THE DEADLY SHOOTING INSIDE A WALMART STORE. IN AUGUST OF 2014, A BEAVERCREEK POLICE OFFICER SHOT AND KILLED CRAWFORD AFTER RESPONDING TO A 911 CALL OF A MAN WITH A GUN. POLICE SAY CRAWFORD WAS HOLDING WHAT APPEARED TO BE A RIFLE AND DID NOT COMPLY WITH OFFICERS COMMANDS TO DROP THE WEAPON. THAT WEAPON TURNED OUT TO BE AN AIR RIFLE, CRAWFORD HAD FOUND INSIDE THE STORE. HIS FAMILY SAYS THE 22-YEAR-OLD WAS NOT GIVEN ENOUGH TIME TO DROP THE AIR RIFLE BEFORE HE WAS SHOT. ATTENTION TURNED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE INVESTIGATION, AFTER A GREENE COUNTY GRAND JURY CHOSE NOT TO INDICT ANYONE INVOLVED WITH THE CASE >> WE ENCOURAGED BY THE MEETING. THEY ARE MAKING PROGRESS AND THEY WILL AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE BE CONCLUDING THIS INVESTIGATION. WE HOPE AT THE CONCLUSION THEY WILL INDICT THE OFFICER THAT SHOT AND KILLED JOHN CRAWFORD. >> THEY HOPE TO HAVE AN INDICTMENT BEFORE THE UPCOMING CHANGE IN ADMINISTRATION. FEDERAL INVESTIGATION IS LOOKING

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A federal investigation is getting closer to a possible indictment of a Beavercreek police officer. The parents of John Crawford III and their attorney met with top-ranking federal investigators and U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch in Washington on Friday. The family's attorney, Michael Wright, said the meeting was a status report on the investigation's progress involving the death of Crawford. Crawford was shot and killed by a Beavercreek police officer on Aug. 5, 2014, while shopping at Walmart. The 22-year-old from Fairfield had picked up a pellet gun off a shelf. He was carrying it in the store while talking on the phone. A 911 caller told dispatchers Crawford was waving the gun and pointing it at people. Beavercreek police officers who responded inside the store shot and killed Crawford. Police have said the officer believed the gun was real and Crawford did not comply with commands to drop the weapon. The officers were cleared by a grand jury, but the Department of Justice began its own investigation. "This has been going on for a long time, two years, and just to know that they are still doing those things necessary to gather the information they need to move forward with indicting this officer was encouraging," Wright said. "We're hoping that it's going to end with the Department of Justice indicting this officer for killing John." Wright told WLWT the DOJ investigation is looking into the officer who shot Crawford, other officers on scene and the entire Beavercreek Police Department. Wright also represents the family in a federal wrongful death lawsuit. He currently has more than 30 depositions completed but has not been able to get a deposition from the officer involved because of the DOJ investigation. "I believe that it gave them the sense of hope that at some point in the near future that there will be some closure to this," Wright said. Wright told WLWT he expects a decision to come "in the near future," hopefully by the time of "a change in the administration," referencing the upcoming presidential election this November.