The 16-year-old brother of high school freshman Jordan Edwards was sitting in the same car with him the night a Balch Springs police officer fired multiple rifle rounds at their vehicle.
One of the bullets hit Jordan in the head and he later died from the injury.
"After seeing his brother get shot, Jordan's older brother was handcuffed and taken by police for no particular reason," said Lee Merritt, the family's lawyer.
He was not a suspect and there were no charges against him, he said.
Jordan Edwards, 15, was killed when a Balch Springs police officer shot his firearm toward a vehicle occupied by teenagers, striking Edwards in the head, Dallas, Texas.
But the family does not want any demonstrations until Jordan's funeral, which is tentatively planned for Saturday, he said.
"I can't imagine being able to endure the loss the way they have," he said. »