The City of Henderson is dropping all the charges against Zyber Selimaj. He's the ice cream truck driver pulled over by police in February. Moments later, his wife rushed to the scene and was shot and killed by police in front of her two children.

This really was done for the sake of those children. Although prosecutors still believe Zyber Selimaj was speeding and resisted officers that day, city attorneys say his kids have been through enough.

Two of them –11-year-old Alban and 5-year-old Arber were there as their mother Deshira was shot and killed near Seven Hills. The young boys were interviewed for the coroner's inquest process and had to recount the events that led up to their mother's death.

Officers testified Deshira Selimaj lunged at them with a knife. A jury cleared Henderson police of any wrongdoing.

The City of Henderson believes putting Zyber Selimaj behind bars – ”would have little rehabilitative value and in fact would impose undue stress and hardship upon the innocent children.”

A hearing scheduled for July 1 on all the charges, including speeding in a school zone and running a stop sign has been canceled. This brings this almost three-month old case to an end.

The family seemed to be holding up when Eyewitness News visited them three weeks ago. The children are all incredibly polite but you can clearly see they're still in pain from this incident.

Zyber is struggling financially, but he's making do — selling ice cream when he can.

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