WALKER, Mich. (AP) - A West Michigan father says he “can’t ever forgive his son” who was killed along with another man in a shootout with police following a bank robbery and high-speed chase that left one officer dead.

Derryl LaFave Sr. told The Grand Rapids Press in a story Saturday that “an officer lost his life for no reason.”

Forty-one-year-old Walker court officer Trevor Slot was run over on Interstate 96 in Ottawa County Thursday as he prepared to deploy spike strips to stop the suspects’ vehicle.

Shortly after hitting Slot, the vehicle crashed. Police say 32-year-old Derryl LaFave Jr. and 36-year-old Kristopher Cheyne were shot and killed by police after firing at officers.

Derryl LaFave Sr. says his son and Cheyne met while serving time in federal prison.

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