 Story highlights Ferrell's mother: "I hope and pray" lawsuit will prompt training changes for police 
 
 24-year-old suffered "excruciating" pain after being shot 10 times, lawsuit says 
 
 Police fatally shot Jonathan Ferrell after woman called 911 to report home invasion 
 
 Ferrell had been involved in a serious wreck a block away and was seeking help, attorney says 
 
 Attorneys for the family of a former Florida A&M football player fatally shot by police in Charlotte, North Carolina, have filed a civil lawsuit against several parties connected to his death. Kerrick shot an unarmed Ferrell, 24, in September after a woman -- home alone with her 1-year-old child -- called 911 and reported that someone was trying to break down her front door. According to the complaint filed Monday by Jonathan Ferrell's mother, the family is targeting the city of Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Rodney Monroe and the shooter, Officer Randall Kerrick. That includes police dash-cam video of the Sept. 14 confrontation, which has not been made public. Florida A&M;/Handout via Reuters Jonathon Ferrell 
 
 Ferrell, who was 24, played football for Florida A&M University, had recently moved to Charlotte and was engaged. The mother, Georgia Ferrell, said Tuesday that she hopes the lawsuit will lead to changes in the way Charlotte-Mecklenburg police are trained. His fiancee, Cache Heidel, told CNN in October that Ferrell had been out with friends the night he was shot. Ferrell couldn't find his phone, and his car doors were jammed shut, so Ferrell kicked out the back window of the car and walked a half mile to a home where he knocked on the door for help, according to the lawsuit. She saw Ferrell, quickly shut the door, called 911 and frantically reported, “There’s a guy breaking in my front door.” 
 
 Three officers went to the house. Police used the words "charged," "ran" and "advanced" in describing Ferrell's interaction with police. "Defendant Kerrick, in direct violation of written CMPD regulations, fires 12 high-velocity bullets at Jonathan, striking him 10 times in the chest and arms," the lawsuit continues. "The evidence revealed that Mr. Ferrell did advance on Officer Kerrick and the investigation showed that the subsequent shooting of Mr. Ferrell was excessive," police said in a statement on September 14, the day of the shooting. According to a prepared statement, state prosecutors say they reached their decision after reviewing the investigations of the shooting by the State Bureau of Investigation and Charlotte-Mecklenburg police. The manslaughter charges against a Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer stemming from the September shooting death of an unarmed man will go before a grand jury on Jan. 21. "We are confident that at the resolution of this case, it will be found that Officer Kerrick's actions were justified on the night in question," his attorney, Michael Greene, said in September. During the confrontation, the suit says, Ferrell never behaved in a way that met the Charlotte police standard of “aggravated active aggression” required to justify the use of force. Those missteps include failing to identify himself to Ferrell, approaching “using stealth and surprise” with his gun drawn and failing to see that Ferrell was “in the process of complying with his commands.” 
 
 The suit details the 10 shots that hit Ferrell — eight to the chest, one to the left arm and one to the abdomen — and describes Ferrell’s being handcuffed as he lay mortally wounded on the ground. "Our investigation has shown that Officer Kerrick did not have a lawful right to discharge his weapon during this encounter."
– The family of Jonathon Ferrell, the unarmed man shot dead by a police officer after crashing his car in North Carolina in September, filed a wrongful death lawsuit this week. They say autopsy results show most of the 10 police bullets were shot downward, suggesting Ferrell, 24, was on the ground or on his knees when he was killed by Officer Randall Kerrick. In addition to monetary damages, the lawsuit is also seeking a subpoena forcing police to turn over records including the dash-cam video of the incident, a lawyer for the family tells NBC News. Meanwhile, the attorney general is seeking an indictment against Kerrick, who is on unpaid leave and has been charged with voluntary manslaughter, and the charges will go before a grand jury a week from today, the Charlotte Observer reports. It's still not entirely clear what happened after Ferrell walked to a nearby house after the crash looking for help. He knocked and a woman answered, assuming it was her husband, then saw Ferrell, closed the door, and called 911 to report a break-in. Police say Ferrell ran toward the three officers who responded and that one of the officers attempted to use a Taser, which didn't connect, before Ferrell was shot. But the wrongful death suit accuses Kerrick of missteps including not identifying himself, approaching Ferrell with his gun drawn and "using stealth and surprise," and not seeing that Ferrell was trying to comply with his orders. The family's lawyer suspects Ferrell was simply walking "briskly" to police because he was glad they were there to help, CNN reports.