Jury Awards $8.8 Million over Cop's Fatal Shooting of Robber
Killed by police after being pulled over in parking lot
A jury has awarded $8.8 million to the family of a robber who was shot and killed by a police officer west of Los Angeles in Culver City.
The Los Angeles Times says a federal jury issued the verdict on Wednesday.
Twenty-seven-year-old Lejoy Grissom was killed three years ago after an officer pulled over his car in a parking lot because he suspected Grissom had robbed a local electronics store.
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