. >> shauna smith sued a police officer for wrongfully shooting and killing her son kenny, an aspiring rapper. >> the thing that really bothers me is that -- normally, i would always call him a lot throughout the day. and people were telling me quit treating him like a baby because he's grown now and you don't have to call him all like that. this was the one day that i didn't call him a lot. >> reporter: on march 10th, 2012, kenny smith was planning to perform at a clevelandnight club when someone fired shots in a parking lot. an off-duty police officer stopped the car smith was riding in and claimed smith lunged for a gun. the officer shot him in the head. at the time, the investigation said the officer acted reheroicly. >> when was it that you realized this story wasn't what the police officers said it was? >> i would give my life knowing that my son didn't provoke this. >> at what point did you think you should prove that what the officers said didn't happen? >> they didn't know anything about it and jumped out there and made him a hero. and like be assassinating my son's character