In photo, award winning officer Frank Pobjecky. From [HERE] and [HERE] Claiming excessive force and a failure to provide basic medical care, the family of a Black teenager shot and killed by an off-duty Winnebago County Sheriff’s deputy Oct. 1 as he foiled a robbery at Marie’s Pizza today filed a civil lawsuit in federal court.

Michael Sago Jr., 16, was shot and killed by Sheriff’s Deputy Frank Pobjecky as the officer stopped an armed robbery at the Charles Street restaurant. Pobjecky also shot and wounded Lamar Coates, Desmond Bellmon and Brandon Sago during the incident.

There is no evidence Sago Jr. even knew the restaurant was going to be robbed before he was shot in the back three times and killed while trying to run, the family’s lawyer Bill Foutris said.

"Were it not for the gross misconduct of Frank Pobjecky, Michael Sago, Jr. would be alive today," said Foutris. "Michael was an unarmed minor who was running from the scene. He was a 16-year-old who was shot in the back not once, but three times even though he did not present a threat to Pobjecky," explained Foutris.

The six-count lawsuit seeks compensatory and punitive damages from Pobjecky, as well as compensatory damages from the other defendants.