NEW ORLEANS -- Nearly one week after his death, Adolph Grimes' family is still reeling from his death, their emotions apparent on Tuesday as they met with local civil right leaders.     

"That was my baby, that was my baby," his mother, Patricia Grimes, sobbed.

"You can see the pain this family is going through," said Rev. Norwood Thompson with the New Orleans chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference "We don't want to see happy trigger police officers gunning down innocent young men."

However, in the case of 22-year-old Grimes, questions abound about what happened between him and a group undercover NOPD officers on New Year's Day. Police say Grimes fired at them and they returned fire. The coroner said 12 of the shots that hit Grimes, hit him in the back.

"We say this is ‘The City That Care Forgot,’ but we haven't forgotten to care," Thompson said. "And we care about this family that's grieving right now."

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Local civil rights leaders asked for an investigation into the police shooting of Adolph Grimes.

"We often hear a phrase about a tipping point," said Danatus King of the New Orleans chapter of the NAACP. "Right now, we may not realize it, but we're at a tipping point when it comes to race relations in the city. So, we'll be pushing to have a complete, open investigation."

On Monday, the FBI announced they would investigate the case, regarding any civil rights violation. It is something NOPD Chief Warren Riley said he welcomed.

"I think the FBI should investigate," Chief Riley said. "I mean, the family certainly has that right. We want the absolute truth and the facts to come out and if the FBI adds to that, we welcome it."

Late Tuesday, Chief Riley invited the group of civil rights leaders and ministers to come down to police headquarters for a meeting following their news conference. The group emerged 45 minutes later.

"We're satisfied how this meeting went," Thompson said.

"I am aware that there are tapes that exist, that relate to this incident and if those tapes, whatever those tapes reveal, those tapes need to be released," King said.

Yet, a spokesperson for the NOPD says it is still an ongoing investigation, something Chief Riley also alluded to today.

"In a situation like this, we want the truth to come out, you know, this is no cover up," Riley said. "And we want that family to take every course that they can to ensure that everything has been done. We're going to do everything that we can."

In the meantime, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference said it has set up a hotline for any tips involving the Grimes case. The number is (504) TEL-SCLC, or (504) 835-7252. The group says it will turn over any information they receive to law enforcement.