MILWAUKEE COUNTY, Wis. (CBS 58) -- The civil trial involving former Wauwatosa police officer Joseph Mensah is now in the hands of the jury. 

Deliberations began Wednesday evening and have been underway all morning Thursday. As of now, the jury is working through lunch. 

The family of 17-year-old Alvin Cole is seeking monetary damages, hoping to prove Mensah used excessive force when he shot and killed Cole outside Mayfair Mall back in 2020. 

Mensah's attorneys argue his use of force was reasonable, claiming Cole pointed a gun at him before Mensah fired. 

Two other then-Wauwatosa police officers, David Shamsi and Jeffrey Johnson, testified Monday that they did not see Cole move or point his gun at Mensah.

The case first went to trial in March 2025 but ended in a mistrial with a hung jury.