Troy Bullock, called “TJ” by his family, was known to them as being a hard worker. They say he had held a job at a moving company for more than a decade, since he was 14 years old. After work, he’d often stop by his parents’ house and ask them if they needed anything.

“They’d say no, but he’ll just leave something anyway,” said Bullock’s aunt, Sherlene Bullock-Turnage. Then he’d go home to his fiancee after that; He liked to cook her dinner. The two were expecting a baby together.

But last Wednesday night, Bullock, 28, didn’t come home. He was fatally shot by an off-duty FBI agent inside the Metro Center station.

Police said Bullock and the FBI agent whose name they have not yet released, got into an altercation on the Metro platform. Video released by Metro late last week shows Bullock shoving the agent, causing both of them to tumble over a wall by the platform and fall eight feet below. This was just moments before the FBI agent shot Bullock, killing him. It’s still unclear exactly what kind of altercation preceded the shooting, or why the agent shot Bullock.

At a press conference on Tuesday with the abolitionist group Harriet’s Wildest Dreams, Bullock’s family members demanded a full Department of Justice Investigation into the shooting — and prosecution of the agent who did it.

“We want to know why we will never be able to see him again, why he was taken away from us,” said Bullock-Turnage. “That’s all we want to know.”

In a statement after the shooting, the FBI said that it takes shootings involving its agents seriously, and that the incident was “under review by the FBI’s Inspection Division.”

But the family says they’ve received little information from law enforcement so far. At the press conference on Wednesday, they said they have received no official updates from D.C. police since being notified of his death. They also said they still have not been able to view TJ’s body.

In an emailed statement, an MPD spokesperson said that agents from the department’s Internal Affairs Division are investigating the incident and have been in contact with the family.

“The agents shared their contact information with the family so they could ask questions and/or receive updates,” said the statement from MPD.

The MPD spokesperson said the agents also provided the family with contact information for the medical examiner’s office, which has possession of Bullock’s body.

Rodney Adams, General Counsel with the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner said in a statement that while they could not speak specifically to Bullock’s case,  “modern medical examiner systems do not routinely invite families to come to their facilities to view a decedent.” This is for safety, sanitation, staffing, and other reasons. He added that “despite a rising case load”,  the medical examiner’s office has been able to maintain an efficient workflow, which leads to most decedent remains being available to release to funerals homes within 36 hours or less after being received.

Bullock’s family also demanded to know the agent’s name, more information about the lead up to the altercation and who was involved, information about whether the agent gave any commands or identified himself as law enforcement before firing his gun, and all available video footage of the incident.

And at the press conference, the family also shared their overwhelming grief — made even worse by the fact that they know so little about why Bullock was killed.

“He was always protective of us, and he was genuinely sweet to everyone, and I just can’t believe that he’s gone,” said Bullock’s cousin, Shadora Bullock. “We was more than just cousins. We were brother and sister. We grew up together … I can’t talk to him. I can’t spend time with him. And it just really hurts.”

Also present at the vigil were families of other Black men who had been shot by police or killed in incidents that involved police — including family members of Kevin Hargraves-Shird and Jeffrey Price.

“We are so tired of adding names to an endless list of police violence,” said Afeni Evans, with Harriet’s Wildest Dreams. “Police violence is gun violence. And until we address it as such, we will continue to have tragedies like this. Families will continue to stand here in front of these cameras and have to cry and hope that a system that has not gave a damn about us up until now will give them some justice.”

Karon Hylton-Brown’s mother, Karen Hylton, also spoke at the press conference — which took place right outside the federal courthouse where D.C. police officer Terence Sutton is currently on trial for second degree murder. Hylton-Brown died in October of 2020 in a moped crash after Sutton chased him in an unmarked police car.

“This man murdered my child, chased my child,” said Hylton. “I’m going to be crying for the rest of my life.”

This story has been updated with comment from the Metropolitan Police Department and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.