Sacramento Pays $3M To Man Shot Several Times By Police During Standoff

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CBS13/AP) — Sacramento is paying $3.25 cardinal to an Iraq seasoned who was shot and earnestly wounded by police during a 2017 standoff, it was reported Tuesday.

Kristopher Velez was deed astatine slightest 4 times successful the chest, shoulder, limb and leg. He suffered breached bones and nervus damage, is partially disabled and needs further surgeries, according to his national suit alleging negligence and excessive force.

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After discussing the substance successful August, the City Council agreed to settee the suit but didn’t denote a determination successful unfastened session, the Sacramento Bee reported. The insubstantial learned of the determination from a California Public Records Act request.

Velez had missed a tribunal day for a misdemeanor discourtesy and bail enslaved agents forced themselves done a model of his southbound Sacramento location to instrumentality him into custody successful September 2017, according to his lawsuit.

Velez, who had been diagnosed with post-traumatic accent disorder, retreated to his bath with a weapon and constabulary were called.

Velez’s suit said astatine 1 constituent helium accidentally fired a weapon earlier a constabulary sergeant convinced him to travel retired of the bathroom.

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“The sergeant calmly interacted with Velez and reassured him that helium could safely travel retired of the bath and enactment down the weapon and that nary 1 was going to wounded him,” the suit said. “After immoderate time, Velez came retired of the bath and, aft accepting the sergeant’s reassurances, enactment his handgun down connected the floor, astatine which clip helium was instantly shot.”

A constabulary connection released successful October 2017 said Velez had “displayed the weapon successful the absorption of the officers.”

Velez was ne'er charged with a transgression and the sergeant who changeable him,17-year seasoned John Harshbarger, was inactive connected the constabulary unit arsenic of April, the Bee reported.

In a statement, metropolis spokesperson Tim Swanson said the colony statement was “fair and reasonable.”

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