Jan 14, 2025
The city of Arvada paid $2 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit over the 2021 police killing of a pregnant woman whom officers mistook for an armed shoplifting suspect.Destinee Thompsons surviving family members filed the lawsuit in 2023, two years after an Arvada police officer killed Thompson, a 27-year-old mother of three, and her unborn son as Thompson drove away from officers on Aug. 17, 2021.The city settled the lawsuit in July, court records show. The Denver Post confirmed the settlement on Tuesday.This matter was settled some time ago, but due to complexities related to Ms. Thompsons estate, this case was recently finalized in the courts, Arvada police Detective David Snelling said in a statement Tuesday.He noted that First Judicial District Attorney Alexis King found Thompsons killing was legal and that she did not file criminal charges against the officer who fired.Read the full story from our partners at The Denver Post.
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