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The family of a man who was fatally shot in the back by a Tulsa police officer in 2014 has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city and the officer.

The mother and wife of Deandre Lloyd Armstrong-Starks filed the lawsuit Wednesday in Tulsa federal court, saying the city used excessive force when the officer shot him.

Armstrong-Starks was one of five people in a residence in the 200 block of East Young Street when police arrived with a warrant to search the home on March 25, 2014, according to police.

Sgt. Mark Wollmershauser Jr. shot Armstrong-Starks, 27, after entering the residence, according to police. He died later at a hospital.

Police said Armstrong-Starks ignored numerous commands from police and “kept moving his hands in a furtive motion in the front of his hoodie and waistband area” prior to being shot, according to a statement from former District Attorney Tim Harris, who reviewed the shooting and cleared Wollmershauser of wrongdoing.

No weapons were found in the home, nor was Armstrong-Starks found to be carrying one, investigators said within days of the shooting.

Police recovered “rocks of crack cocaine” at the residence, Harris said at the time.