The mother of a 22-year-old man fatally shot by an FBI agent in Philadelphia in 2023 has sued, saying her son was unarmed when the agent and others chased after him and then used deadly force while seeking to arrest him.
Tahiem Weeks-Cook was shot in the early afternoon hours of Aug. 4, 2023 as FBI agents in the Nicetown-Tioga neighborhood were attempting to serve a warrant for his arrest in connection with two robberies, according to the lawsuit.
The suit accuses the agents of failing to follow best practices when executing the warrant, including by failing to surround the house they were targeting, on the 1600 block of Venango Street; declining to knock on the door and announce why they were there; and then jumping out of an unmarked van in military-style gear while carrying rifles after noticing Weeks-Cook on the sidewalk…