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The Decatur community is continuing to show up and demand answers from city leaders following the officer-involved shooting death of Steve Perkins. 

Decatur City Hall was filled with community members for Monday morning's council meeting. 

Over a dozen people spoke asking city leaders for answers about the Perkins investigation. 

Many of those residents told city leaders to stand with the Decatur community and hold the Decatur Police Department accountable for what happened on Sept. 29. 

Decatur Police Chief Todd Pinion attended Monday's meeting and some people even addressed him directly. 

However Pinion did not speak publicly. 

The Morgan County NAACP President Rodney Gordan spoke at Monday's meeting and is one of many who thinks the Decatur Police Department needs to be held accountable for Perkins' death. 

“If we don’t put the pressure on this council and the police chief to make an arrest, then there’s going to be a problem,� Gordon continued. “That’s not a threat but there is going to be a problem.� 

Gordon says if the Decatur officers are held accountable now, it will hopefully prevent something like this from happening again. 

City Council President Jacob Ladner says he saw the doorbell footage from Sept. 29 and says what happened to Perkins is not right. 

“If you don’t follow policies and procedures and there’s something really negative that happens because of that you lose your job,� Ladner said. “I just don’t know all of those policies and procedures that were broken or not yet, but what I'm saying is if they were, there should be repercussions and termination should be one of those.�

If you recall, Councilman Billy Jackson called for Pinion's resignation or termination last week, and he says his opinion remains the same.

Frustration began at the meeting after the council was unable to answer many questions the public had about the Perkins investigation. 

Ladner says the city is limited on what they can say due to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s ongoing investigation.

“I want to answer the public’s questions when they get up there. I could be standing there. I have the same exact questions,� Ladner said. “All I can tell the public is I have all those questions, I want all those questions answered, and I want them answered in a timely fashion." 

Ladner says the council notified ALEA that they want this investigation to happen as quickly as possible.

We reached out to ALEA again Monday and there are still no updates on the Perkins investigation at this time.