The hefty settlement approved by the L.A. City Council marks the final chapter in a shooting the county district attorney’s office previously deemed legal.
The 32-year-old Navy veteran was holding a metal bar. L.A. police thought it was a machete. They shot Jesse Murillo to death. Now the mother of the Canoga Park man will collect $24.45 million from the city of Los Angeles. The settlement — approved Tuesday by the L.A. City Council — marks the final chapter in a shooting that the county district attorney's office decided in 2020 was legal. The Police Commission also determined that the use of deadly force was within LAPD policy.
They presented evidence at trial that showed the trajectory of the shots indicated that Murillo was not running directly at the officers but away from them when he was hit. At least one of the shots was fired as Murillo was going to the ground, attorney Dale Galipo said, showing jurors video of the incident and a trajectory analysis of the bullets. Some of the officers’ stray rounds hit a nearby garage, a truck and a fence.
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