The family of the man killed in a police shootout is at odds with the statement from Jersey City's mayor and the police department.

The family says the man killed was 27-year-old Teshawn Rogers.

Mayor Steven Fulop posted on social media that the department Street Crimes Unit spotted a person "acting suspiciously and noticed a bulge in his clothing" and thought it was a gun.

When officers approached, the man opened fire, Fulop says, and the officer fired back, killing the man. A firearm was recovered.

Teshawn's grandma says that's not what happened.

"They don't what that bulge is, if it was a bulge," said Darshell Robinson. "It could have been food, cigarettes, anything."

Robinson says her grandson was shot in the back.

"But we are going to find out and somebody's going to answer," said Robinson. "That shouldn't have happened to my grandson.

Any new information would come from the State Attorney General's Office since they are handling the investigation per standard protocol for fatal police involved shootings.

However, Jersey City's public safety director says he is holding a news conference today to "get the facts straightened."