An Oakland-based civil rights attorney said Thursday he will ask the U.S. Justice Department to review the Vallejo Police Department's latest fatal officer-involved shooting.

John Burris told a news conference that he is representing Joseph Johnson, 21, and Mario Romero's 3-year-old daughter.

Johnson and Romero, 23, were involved in an officer-involved shooting early Sept. 2 in which Romero was killed and Johnson was wounded. The two were sitting in Romero's car outside his North Vallejo home at about 4:30 a.m..

Police contend that when they approached the car, Romero reached for a gun in his waistband, and that is why he was shot. The gun was later identified as a pellet gun.

For more on the story, see the Vallejo Times-Herald at http://www.timesheraldonline.com/news/ci_21596011