"I knew in my heart, cause i knowd my son, that this information had to be wrong," mother says. "You felt a little comfort in knowing that at least he was well cared for on the scene ... But when you find out that that was not true, it just crushed me." The police department goes totally silent on courtney's case for an entire year.
Shapearl Wells' son Courtney Copeland was fatally shot in 2016. He was 22 years old. Shapearl wanted answers to what had happened to her son in his final moments, but when she wasn't getting them, she decided to take matters into her own hands.
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