Speaking at the city council meeting Tuesday, Christopher Edwards made it clear he wants answers after a car slammed into his sister's home off Stanton Road earlier this month. The driver 34-year-old Joseph Pritchet died. Mobile Police say he was driving fast and lost control as they chased him when he wouldn't stop.
"The speed of the pursuit in the residential neighborhood, they were up to 80 miles per hour on Stanton. That was a concern of going that fast in a residential area," said Edwards.
"Has the Department reviewed the actions and what happened that night and determined that the pursuit policy was followed?" asked NBC 15's Andrea Ramey.
"We're still investigating the incident from the other night with the pursuit," replied Public Safety Director Lawrence Battiste.
Battiste says they will make the internal review results public. Battiste says there's no reason right now to believe rumors going around that police bumped the fleeing car during the chase.
"There's more than one side to every story, and right now, to the best of my knowledge, there's nothing to indicate that we did any type of pit maneuver during that pursuit," said Battiste.
According to MPD's general orders, "Officers shall not bump or ram the suspect's vehicle, use vehicles as barricades to terminate the pursuit, or fire upon a vehicle unless there is probable cause to believe the occupant(s) of the fleeing vehicle have committed or attempted to commit a violent felony which involves the infliction or threatened infliction of death or serious physical injury; or attempting to escape by use of a deadly weapon; or otherwise indicate they will endanger human life or inflict serious physical injury unless arrested without delay and there exists no safe alternative."
It's the second police pursuit that's ended in someone dying in recent months. Last month during a chase that started on University Boulevard, the fleeing car later crashed in Prichard and 19-year-old Kailyn Draine died.
"Patterns are going to continue. If we don't come to the table and sit down and say look, what have we done? What can we do better? And next time this happens, this is what we can do," said Edwards.
Battiste has offered to meet with Edwards and his sister and show them body cam footage. Edwards says he plans to do that.