LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The family of a mentally ill, homeless Louisville man has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Louisville Metro Police officers who shot him in an abandoned house near Churchill Downs in February, seeking more than $18 million in damages. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court Tuesday on behalf of William Young … Read more
The estate of a 15-year-old who was shot and killed by police in 2015 is suing the city of Indianapolis, in hopes of revealing the identities of the officers who killed the boy. Andre Alexander Green died after he was shot by two Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers in August 2015. The officers have yet … Read more
PERTH AMBOY – Lawyers for the city and the family of Dixon Rodriguez have agreed on a settlement of $350,000 in the fatal shooting of a mentally ill 32-year-old man six years ago, according to court documents. Superior Court Judge Melvin Gelade approved the dismissal of the wrongful death lawsuit with a settlement on July … Read more
In the news video below we hear from the parents of an inmate who died after being in a restraining chair for nearly two days at the San Luis Obispo County Jail. 36-year-old Andrew Holland died in January from a blood clot in his lung shortly after he was released from a chair he’d been … Read more
On Oct. 2, 2016, Chad Murphy was in the middle of moving into a new condo with his father, an aging widower. The idea was for Murphy to move in with him and help out. Murphy’s sisters and other family members spent the Sunday going back and forth from the condo in Île-Perrot, packing and … Read more
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The family of a Louisville man who was shot and killed by police in 2016 are continuing to seek justice for their loved one. 57-year-old Darnell Wicker was shot a year ago but his family still has questions about the death that was ruled justified. Sunday, more than 30 friends and family … Read more
SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Heartbreak doesn’t even begin to describe the pain that Amanda Sommers and her family have been feeling over the past five months. “Every day is so hard for me,” says Sommers. “I need my son.” Sommers’ son, Jesus A. Geney, was shot and killed by Santa Clara Police on March 9th … Read more
It is the first time in 20 years a police officer has stood trial for murder in St. Louis, MO. And it’s been a few years since the alleged crime was committed: Jason Stockley, a white former cop, killed Anthony Lamar Smith, 24, after a car chase in 2011. Stockley, now 36, who wasn’t arrested … Read more
A man suspected of shoplifting was shot to death by an off-duty Baltimore County police officer as he attempted to flee outside a grocery store in Catonsville before dawn Tuesday, authorities said. The man, whose name was not released, had been attempting to steal detergent from the Giant Food at U.S. 40 and Rolling Road … Read more
The children and mother of a man killed by Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies on March 7 outside a West L.A. gym, have filed two federal lawsuits against the county, the department and the deputies involved. Dennis “Todd” Rogers was a 41-year-old black man who had earned a business and accounting degree at the University … Read more
Officials say a Bozeman police officer shot and killed his wife before killing himself in Bozeman on Saturday. Bozeman Police Chief Steve Crawford said 31-year-old Danielle Heninger and 40-year-old Zach Heninger were the two killed on the 100 block of East Story Street in Bozeman on Saturday night. Crawford said investigators believe Zach shot and … Read more
SCHENECTADY – More than three months after her husband died in police custody, Angelique Negroni-Kearse still wonders why it happened. And she wants to know who the officers are involved in his case are and why they’re still on the street. Andrew Kearse died after a May 11 foot chase with police. He was unarmed … Read more