The family of a 25-year-old Utah man says they learned from NEWS REPORTS that he had been shot dead

A young Utah law student was shot and killed by cops during a traffic stop, and his family now claims they learned of the gruesome murder from the news.

Chase Allen, 25, was shot and killed by five Farmington Police Department officers on March 1 when his blue BMW 3 Series was parked in front of a local post office.

Cops claim the situation escalated after Allen failed to comply with the question as to why his sedan had no license plate.

Grim photos taken soon after show the feet of Allen, clad in red high-top sneakers, peeking out from the bottom of a gurney, as his bullet-riddled car stood nearby.

Allen’s family says they were not properly informed of his brutal death. They accused the police department of illegally killing his loved one and accused the police of a cover-up.

In a statement to FOX 13Allan’s family said the death has been “devastating and tragic” and that they “have not been allowed” to see him yet.

The police are obstructing us. Our family has not been allowed to see Chase and no information regarding this investigation has been forthcoming from authorities or justice departments,” wrote Diane Allan, Chase’s mother.

“Our family was not properly notified of Chase’s death as next of kin. We learned of Chase’s death along with our entire community through news reporters and articles written online.

Allan graduated from Davis High School in 2016, before playing soccer at UC-Davis and Utah State University.

His mother said that he had been studying law in recent years.

‘[Chase] she was a kind and loving soul who was known by everyone in her community to be caring, considerate and kind, and would do anything for someone in need,” she wrote.

“He was always selflessly helping and protecting others in need.”

The grieving mother said Allan had a “shy and quiet demeanor” but was quick to make friends who she said will remember him fondly.

“He was always selflessly helping and protecting others in need. He has been studying law for the past few years and was a patriot who did what he could to defend the freedom of the people in his community,’ he said.

Allan was reportedly shot 12 times by five police officers during what they described as a routine traffic stop when he did not get out of his car.

The statement states that there was a request from several officers to the scene a couple of blocks before the stop. Police have offered few details about the case.

The five officers involved were placed on administrative leave during an investigation, representing 20 percent of the force.

Chase was living at home with his parents at the time of the shooting in the same town where he had been raised.

‘There’s a lot of this missing, right? What were the circumstances,” Chris Burbank, retired Salt Lake City police chief, told the outlet.

On Wednesday around 3:30 p.m., Allan was pulled over in a post office parking lot for driving without license plates.

A Farmington police officer called for backup, and according to police, Allan refused to get out of the vehicle.

Officers said that during the attempt to remove him, multiple shots were fired.

“This is how we train and I know my guys and if they shot, I’m sure they were in fear for their lives,” Farmington Police Chief Eric Johnsen told FOX 13.

“I will argue that there is no license plate violation in this country that is worth the loss of someone’s life,” Burbank said.

Allan was shot inside the car and later died at the hospital.

Footage from the scene shows the 25-year-old being taken to hospital on a stretcher with his car riddled with bullets. He died at the hospital later that day.

“It’s the government’s responsibility to tell the public what we’re up to,” Burbank said.

‘This is not exclusive to cities or problems. We’re looking at this and it really is a glitch in our system that we can change.”

None of the Farmington police officers were injured and the Davis County Critical Incident Protocol team took over the investigation.

DailyMail.com has contacted the police department.