1 Year After Charleena Lyles' Death, Officer Accused Of Lying

SEATTLE, WA - The family of Charleens Lyles on Monday accused one of the officers who shot her of perjury. Lyles' family has sued Seattle and both officers. Monday was also the one-year anniversary of Lyles' death.

In a court filing, Lyles family alleges that officer Jason Anderson misstated where he was when shooting broke out. As evidence, the family's attorney, Karen Koehler, publicized a video that synchronizes audio from inside Lyles apartment with surveillance video from outside the apartment.

In the video, Anderson can be seen stepping partially outside Lyles apartment. At the same time, gunshots can be heard (the offices were not wearing body cams, but they were recording audio). The video does not show if Anderson is firing his weapon since part of his body is out of view. He previously told investigators he opened the door only after the shooting was over, according to court documents.

(In the video above, the officers enter Lyles' apartment around the 5 minute mark.)

On June 18, 2017, Lyles called Seattle police in the morning to report a burglary. Two officers - Anderson and Steve McNew - went to her Sandpoint apartment to take a report. The officers reported that Lyles advanced on them with a knife. Before shooting, the officers did consider using a Taser, but neither officer had one.

On Monday, local activists - including former mayoral candidate Nikkita Oliver and author and former Seahawk Michael Bennett - held a vigil for Lyles at Magnuson Park. Lyles, who was three months pregnant when she died, lived with her children in an apartment overlooking the North Seattle park.

File photo by Neal McNamara/Patch