The incident on Aug. 7, 2019, officers were searching for suspects who’d been fighting at a nearby gas station. Police officers are searching for suspects who’d fighting at a nearby gas station. Officers Steve Winters and Regina Evans’ raided the third-floor apartment in around 9:40 p.m. alleging the suspects had run into their unit. The family said in the suit that the suspects hadn’t entered the home and records. Police didn’t find the suspects at the home or make any arrests.

At Winters was eating dinner and his daughters were asleep where there was loud banging on the door. Winters approached the door, but the officers broke down the door. Then threw him to the ground and pointed guns at him. Police then went from room to room searching the apartment. The lawsuit claims officers pointed their weapons at Reshyla and Sevayla.

“Chicago police officer Sanchez nevertheless pointed his flashlight and pistol directly at the girls from two feet away as they lay in their beds in their bedroom, causing 9-year-old Savayla to freeze with fear and urinate on herself in her bed, causing 4-year-old Rashyla to cry and causing lasting psychological trauma to both girls,” attorney Al Hofeld Jr. said.

“Officers did not find any sign that any suspect had entered,” the lawsuit said. “Officers did not arrest anyone. The terror and stress to this family was all for naught.”

The incident was captured on body cameras, but not all of the videos been given to the family’s attorney. The family questioned why their home was being raided and asked the suspects weren’t inside their unit.

“If officers thought they ran into this apartment and made a mistake, I mean, we apologize,” and continued, “And we’re sorry this happened to you. Our greatest concern was that two people with guns ran into your apartment, possibly” one officer said.

“My daughter told me she will not call the police if she’s in trouble,” Evans told CBS Chicago this week. She added that two years after the incident, the girls say they can see the guns when they think about the incident. “My daughters are forever broken,” Evans said. The lawsuit alleges the family sufferers from post-traumatic stress disorder and seeks compensatory damages and punitive damages.