A federal jury awarded $23.8 million in damages to the mother of a man who was fatally shot by two LAPD officers while he was holding a metal bar that police initially believed was a machete.
A federal jury awarded $23.8 million in damages to the mother of a man who was fatally shot by two Los Angeles police officers while he was holding a metal bar that police initially believed was a machete.
Jesse Murillo was fatally shot Dec. 23, 2017, near his home in the 8100 block of De Soto Avenue in Canoga Park, where officers had responded to a family disturbance call. At the time, police said officers who responded to the scene found a person with a dislocated shoulder who was allegedly injured during an altercation with Murillo.
According to police, Murillo fled on foot to an alley, where he was confronted by police and the shooting occurred. Investigators initially said the man had been wielding a machete, but police later said it turned out to be a metal bar.Get Southern California news, weather forecasts and entertainment stories to your inbox.“I felt we had to pursue this to get justice,” Murillo’s mother, Tammy, told NBC4. She added that she misses her son ever day.
In 2020, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office declined to file any charges against Officers Christopher Montague and Fred Sigman, saying they were “legally justified” in firing their service weapons at Murillo. In their report on the shooting, prosecutors noted that Murillo “sprinted in the direction of Sigman” while holding what the officers reasonably believed was a machete but wound up being a metal tool.Get Los Angeles's latest local news on crime, entertainment, weather, schools, COVID, cost of living and more. Here's your go-to source for today's LA news.
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