A family is demanding answers after a Las Vegas father was shot and killed in his own home after calling police to report a potential home invasion.

Video recently released by police shows 43-year-old Brandon Durham struggling with an alleged intruder over a knife in the early hours of November 12. show the video. Durham’s 15-year-old daughter was home at the time but was not at the scene, officials said.

Las Vegas Police said Officer Alexander Bookman entered the home and ordered the two to drop the knife before firing the gun, police said. Durham was hit and fell to the floor. Bookman then fires five more rounds, the video shows.

Durham was pronounced dead at the scene. Now his family is demanding answers.

“He called the police for safety and instead he was brutally murdered,” his daughter Isabella told a news conference.

“Someone needs to explain to me why my son is not here with us today,” Durham’s mother added.

Bookman is on paid leave while the Las Vegas Metro Police Department investigates whether he acted appropriately or should face criminal charges. Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson told Durham’s family that the investigation could take 30 to 90 days, according to CBS affiliate KLAS.

“Every time a police officer used force, they have to be able to articulate why they used that force,” Felipe Rodriguez, an adjunct professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and a former NYPD detective sergeant, told CBS News . “And even if he only used one round, you know, how come he kept firing after the person went down in such quick succession? He’s going to have a lot of explaining to do.”

Boudreaux was arrested and faces multiple charges, including one count of home invasion with a deadly weapon, one count of assault with a deadly weapon, one count of committing an act of willful or wanton disregard for safety resulting in upon the death of a person and an accusation. of child abuse, according to the police.

Boudreaux and Durham knew each other and had a sexual relationship, according to an arrest report obtained by KLAS 8. Boudreaux told detectives she intended for police to kill her the day of the home invasion, the station reported, and Boudreaux refused to appear at two court hearings.

The judge was expected to reveal the next steps in sentencing Trump in the “hush money” case.

Defendant Takes Stand for Murder of Cash App Founder

Calls for the House Ethics Committee’s public release of the Gaetz report are growing