Detroit mom vows to stay on top of investigation after daughter shot after hugging officer

Police Chief Ralph Godbee Jr. pauses for a moment during a question about the death of Adaisha Miller, 25, of Detroit, this weekend as Inspector Lashinda Houser listens in the background at Police headquarters, Monday, July 9, 2012. The death of Miller, shot in the chest after she hugged an off-duty police officer from behind during a party, is a tragic, unfathomable accident, Detroit's police chief said. (AP Photo/The Detroit News, Clarence Tabb, Jr)

July 09, 2012 - 4:56 PM

DETROIT - The mother of a Detroit woman shot when an off-duty officer's gun went off during a party says she is going "to stay on top" of the city's police department during the investigation into her daughter's death.

Yolanda McNair says Adaisha Miller would have been celebrating her 25th birthday Monday and was invited to Saturday's fish fry by friends who knew the officer.

Police Chief Ralph Godbee told reporters Monday that Miller was dancing with the officer and touching his waist from behind when his holstered handgun fired, striking Miller in the chest.

Godbee says the gun was in a waist holster made of soft material. He says there is no evidence the officer fired the weapon, but he stopped short of saying Miller may have accidentally pulled the trigger.

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