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LACo Board Approves $12.5M Settlement Over Fatal Shooting in East LA
County attorneys said the settlement avoids costly litigation after a federal lawsuit alleged deputies used excessive force and fired at least 10 rounds, records show.
Without discussion, the county Board of Supervisors Tuesday approved a $12.5 million payment to settle a lawsuit filed by relatives of a man who was fatally shot in East Los Angeles by sheriff’s deputies, one of whom later pleaded no contest to a pair of felonies stemming from the shooting. David Ordaz, 34, was fatally […]