The family of 15-year-old Eros Berisaj, who was shot and killed on Thursday, say they have questions surrounding the incident that authorities aren’t answering.

Berisaj’s sister, Valentina, said the family has heard nothing either from the Bowling Green Police Department or the Commonwealth Attorney’s Office since Friday.

Saban Ferizi, father of Berisaj, wants to know how a man could shoot his son and not be in jail.

And why does there appear to be three bullet holes in the back of the house where the boy was shot.

Bowling Green police previously reported that a resident at 525 Creekwood Court called 911 and said he had just shot someone who broke into his house, said Barry Pruitt, public information officer for Bowling Green police.

As an autopsy that was opposed by the family is pending, Eros’ death has left Bowling Green’s Bosnian community reeling, said friends, neighbors and community members.

The results from the Medical Examiner’s Office in Louisville will be ready in about a month, said Chris Cohron, Warren county commonwealth attorney.

Then, Cohron’s office will decide whether to send the case to a grand jury for an indictment.

Cohron declined to comment on the case specifically, pending those results.

According to Pruitt, the resident said he was asleep that evening and heard someone breaking in the back door of his house.

The resident confronted and then shot Eros, who wasn’t armed, Pruitt said.

The teenager was pronounced dead at the scene, Pruitt said.

Pruitt said he wouldn’t confirm how many times the resident fired his weapon before striking the fatal blow.

Pruitt wouldn’t confirm the name of the resident, who he said was traumatized by the shooting.

The Herald is withholding that name.

Ferizi said that a Bowling Green police detective wouldn’t answer any questions surrounding the incident when he came to the Ferizi home Thursday evening.

Pruitt said he didn’t know details of police communication with the family.

Ferizi said most of the news the family received was from friends, neighbors and the press.

He also wants to know if someone was with his son at the time of the shooting.

“How could my son walk almost a mile to this house in daylight and expect to walk away with something stolen?” he asked.

Pruitt said police are still investigating the possibility that someone was with Berisaj at the time. Ferizi also wants to know why his son’s body was autopsied when Ferizi, a Bosnian native who is Muslim, said it’s against Muslim teachings to autopsy a body.

Ferizi said he was assured by the Bowling Green police that the body wouldn’t be autopsied.

Pruitt said he didn’t know of any such assurance.

Ferizi said his son’s body was desecrated and according to Muslim tradition, couldn’t receive a Muslim funeral.

He said he agreed to the funeral only because more than 200 people came from throughout the nation to attend the funeral.

State law states that when a death appears to be caused by homicide or violence an autopsy must be performed.

Ferizi, a truck driver, brought his wife, Drita and five children to Bowling Green in 1998 so they could have a happy and better life.

Scars cover Ferizi’s chest and arms, remnants of wounds he received during the Bosnian war.

“I am thankful to America that I could bring my family, and they would be safe and happy” he said.

Ferizi wept as he told about another son, Elvir, killed in a motorcycle accident in 2002.

“I thought coming to America my children would be safe,” he said.

Bret Turner, 14, defended his friend’s character.

“I’ve known him for two years,” Turner said. “He wouldn’t do a thing like this.”

Neighbors painted a picture of Eros not as a criminal but as a boy who was always helpful and responsible.

Pat Burden, a widow and close neighbor, said that Berisaj would see her working in her yard and take the shovel out of her hand and do the work.

Eros was also protective of the widow.

“Every time he saw a strange car in my driveway, he would come over and make sure I was safe,” she said, adding that she always felt safe with him.

Reach Larry Rowell at news@chherald.com.