Family looks for answers after police fatally shoot Alabama man outside his home during vehicle repossession

The family of an Alabama man who died after being shot by police outside his home early Friday morning is asking for clarity as to what happened, his brother told CNN in a phone call on Monday.

Police shot Stephen Perkins, 39, outside his home in the northern Alabama city of Decatur early Friday morning after he allegedly "brandished a handgun" equipped with a light "towards an officer with the Decatur Police Department, causing the officer to fire at Perkins," according to a statement sent to CNN from the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency.

Perkins later died at a nearby hospital, according to a statement from the Decatur Police Department.

The incident unfolded around 1:30 a.m. Friday when Decatur officers were called to Perkins' home by a local towing company that alleged he'd pulled out a handgun on the tow truck driver as the driver was attempting to repossess a car in Perkins' driveway, according to an initial statement from the Decatur Police Department.

Officers returned to the scene with the tow truck driver, at which point Perkins "exited the residence armed with a handgun and began to threaten the tow truck driver," police said.

"Officers on scene ordered the homeowner to drop his weapon, which he refused to do. It was at this time the homeowner turned the gun towards one of the Officers on scene. The Officer discharged his duty weapon, striking the subject," the statement added.

Police said they rendered first aid after the shooting.