DAYTON — Local civil rights leaders called Wednesday for FBI and Department of Justice investigations into the death of Kylen English.

Dayton police said they welcomed those investigations while also trying to show that they are being open with the public in their own review that could last up to three weeks.

English, 20, died Saturday night after breaking through the window of a police car and jumping off the Salem Avenue bridge, according to police.

About 40 friends and family members of English held a rally and prayer Wednesday at Salem and Riverview avenues, then marched over the bridge, past a small shrine, to a packed Dayton City Commission meeting.

Several speakers at the meeting expressed doubts about the police account of the case, including how a handcuffed English could have gotten out of the window at all, and off the bridge before Officer Alex McGill got to him.

Police Chief Richard Biehl said the force of English breaking the window with his head may have carried him at least partially out of the car. Biehl pointed out that a recording from the police car’s camera shows only six to seven seconds between the window breaking and the officer shouting in surprise that English had gone over the bridge.

Biehl showed that video to the meeting audience and said he had met with a group of community leaders earlier in the day. Mayor Gary Leitzell urged anyone with information about the incident to come forward, saying anyone who is uncomfortable talking to police should call his office instead.

Derrick Foward, president of the Dayton Unit of the NAACP, said his group is “not making any accusations against the police department,” but will ask the FBI to investigate based on a request from members of English’s family.

Staff writers Steve Bennish and Doug Page contributed to this story.