Jury Awards $11 Million to Children of Man Fatally Shot by LAPD Officers in South LA

Jury awards $11M in lawsuit filed by family of man who ran at LAPD officers with knife before OIS

The suit claimed the officers "should have recognized" that the man was in the midst of a crisis and that he did not pose a real threat to officers because of his small stature

Jury Orders LAPD Officers to Pay Millions to Children of Man Killed in OIS

A jury has ordered two Los Angeles police officers to pay damages to the two minor children of a man shot to death by police in South Los Angeles in 2024. The Los Angeles Superior Court panel on Wednesday found LAPD Officers Stefan Carutasu and Dominique Billew responsible for 60% of the $11 million in […]

LAPD officers to pay millions to children of man killed in shooting after jury judgement

A jury has ordered two Los Angeles police officers to pay damages to the two minor children of a man shot to death by police in South Los Angeles in 2024.

Jury awards $11 million to family of man killed by LAPD during mental health crisis

Wilver Blanco, 42, was shot in 2024 after police were called to the Broadway-Manchester neighborhood for a report of man seen chasing an elderly man with a knife, possibly while under the influence of drugs.

Jury awards $11 million to children of man fatally shot by LAPD officers in South LA

Jurors found two LAPD officers liable for battery and negligence for the South Los Angeles shooting death of Wilver Blanco, with Attorney Christian Contreras calling it unjustified.

LAPD Ordered to Pay $11M Over South LA Man's Shooting Death

A Los Angeles jury awarded $11 million to the children of Wilver Blanco, fatally shot by LAPD officers in South LA in May 2024.