Guillermo Medina: Family to file lawsuit against Culver City in deadly use of force arrest

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Guillermo Medina: Family to file lawsuit against Culver City in deadly use of force arrest
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Medina, who allegedly suffers from a mental health disorder, was shot in the back following a domestic violence call that turned into a police pursuit and foot chase days before Christmas 2022.

Officials with the Culver City Police Department said on Sunday, Dec. 18, 2022, officers responded to a call for service of a domestic violence incident in the 3800 block of College Avenue, located near the intersection of Venice Boulevard and Overland Avenue.

The video provided by the family’s attorney shows Medina appeared to have surrendered when he was taken into custody.Guillermo Medina’s family reactsMarina del Rey Civil Rights Attorney V. James DeSimone, who is representing Medina’s wife Adriana and their three children, said the family is "devastated by this loss."He added Medina, who suffered from paranoid schizophrenia, was unarmed and posed no threat to officers at the time of the shooting.

DeSimone said the video shows the officers "stood idly by for nearly a full minute without rendering medical aid, wasting critical time that could have made the difference between life and death."

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