Family of Child Hit, Killed by Stolen Kia To Sue Automaker

The family of a 4-year-old who police say was killed in a hit-skip by a driver in a stolen Kia earlier this month on the West Side intends to hold the maker of Kias legally accountable, their attorney said.

Prominent local defense attorney Sam Shamansky represented the family at the arraignment for Tyrell Shute, 24, of Mansfield, on Wednesday in Franklin County Common Pleas Court. Shute faces a charge of aggravated vehicular homicide and involuntary manslaughter in connection to the child’s death.

"This young mother was standing right beside (her son, Yonis Kabiro Said) when he was run over and left for dead," Shamansky said in court.