The family of Tedarrius Quentez Smith demanded authorities release body cam footage a week after the father of nine was shot and killed by a Jefferson County sheriff’s deputy following a pursuit from Fairfield to Collegeville.

The Birmingham chapter of Black Lives Matter, whose leader joined the family for a prayer vigil remembering the 28-year-old Smith as a dedicated family man, also demanded the creation of a countywide civilian complaint review board following the death of Smith and others in Jefferson County at the hands of law enforcement.

“I just want to honor him by saying that he’s a go-getter,” said Smith’s wife, Tyneasha Smith. “He loved his family so much … he had three kids, biological, but he took on six other kids, like, he just loved his family.”

“I need closure,” she continued before the vigil’s attendees released blue and white balloons at the grassy area where her husband was killed April 3 under the bridge near the Collegeville public housing community. “I need to know exactly what happened. I need to know from when the chase began in Fairfield to Collegeville. I want to know everything. I need to see footages of what the police had on. I need to see the cameras out here. I need to see everything. I just need closure. I need justice and that’s exactly what I’m going to get for my husband and it’s not a threat, that’s a promise.”

Brittany Smith, Tedarrius Smith’s sister, said her brother put family above all else.

“He wasn’t perfect but, anybody who was around him came and he made sure everybody was straight,” she said. “He just loved family. Like, you could be mad at him, but it won’t be for long because he will always do something to make you happy.”

Smith’s brother, Tyrone Dizaar, said Tedarrius looked out for him.

“I don’t know how to live without him,” Dizaar said.

The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, which is handling the investigation instead of the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office since a deputy was involved, said a deputy tried to stop Smith for traffic violations.

Sheriff’s Deputy Chief David Agee said the pursuit began in Fairfield, when the deputy learned there was an outstanding warrant for someone in the vehicle for kidnapping.

The pursuit ended when the black Infiniti came to a chain fence at the public housing community and could not go any further.

Three people reportedly then exited the vehicle.

ALEA officials said Smith fled on foot and pointed a gun at the deputy. That’s when the deputy shot Smith.

Two others reportedly taken into custody.

But the family claimed Smith did not own a gun, according to Eric Hall, leader of the Birmingham chapter of Black Lives Matter.

“We have many questions about what took place,” Hall said. “The [law enforcement account] that was given to the media conflict with the stories that the community is telling us. BLM have people on the street, we have been walking the streets … I was told that he did not have a gun. I was told that he did not point a gun at an officer.”

Hall said the community “deserves to know what happened,” and he called on Gov. Kay Ivey to press ALEA into pulicly releasing body cam footage and other evidence in the case.

“You need to make ALEA give us the reports, give us the data, give us an autopsy,” he said, addressing Ivey. “Let us know where this man was shot at so that we can get the justice that Tedarrius Smith deserves.”