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Recommend Family of slain man African College Student files $10 million lawsuit against Montgomery County (MD) Police (Email)

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From [HERE] The family of a man shot and killed last month by a county police officer outside the City Place Mall in Silver Spring filed a $10 million wrongful death claim Friday against the Montgomery County Police Department.

Private Civil Rights Attorney Brian K. McDaniel filed the lawsuit in Montgomery County Circuit Court on behalf of the family of Emmanuel O. Okutuga, a 26-year-old Bowie State University student who was shot and killed Feb. 19 by Officer Christopher Jordan outside the City Place Mall in downtown Silver Spring.

Police said the shooting occurred at 5:15 p.m., when Jordan arrived at the City Place Mall after reports that Okutuga had assaulted a mall security guard inside the mall. Jordan confronted Okutuga outside the mall, where Okutuga was wielding an ice pick, according to police, who said Jordan shot Okutuga twice after Okutuga repeatedly refused to drop the ice pick.

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