(ATLANTA, Ga.) — For the first time since the murder of Tyre Nichols, his grandmother is speaking exclusively to Channel 2 Action News.

Video released last week by Memphis police showed officers striking Nichols with a baton and punching and kicking him after being pulled over on Jan. 7.

For more than 20 minutes after the beating, authorities gave Nichols only minimal medical attention, video shows. He was taken to a hospital, where he died three days later.

Initial reports indicated that officers stopped Nichols on suspicion of reckless driving, though Memphis Police Chief Cerelyn Davis has said that investigators have been unable to find evidence to substantiate the claim.

Johnie Huneycutt, Nichols’ grandmother who lives in metro Atlanta, sat down with WSB′s Audrey Washington Thursday afternoon to talk about her grandson and what happened to him.

Huneycutt showed her pictures of Tyre as a child and shared her memories of his happy personality.

“Ty was a good kid. He was always the one that was callin, tuggin’ on. I was always in the kitchen cooking and he’d come in, ‘Well, what you cookin?’ And I’d say, ‘What you want me to cook?’” Huneycutt said.

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