El Paso Settles Police Shooting - Latino Man with Mental Problems Gunned Down
Tuesday, August 17, 2004 at 03:48AM
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The city of El Paso settles a lawsuit with the
family of a man killed by a police Officer. Juan "Johnny" Gomez's
suffered from schizophrenia and on May 1, 2003 a confrontation with a
police officer turned deadly. A year after his death his family is
receiving $250,000.00 from the City of El Paso, the official employer
of Police Sgt. Bolick. Juan "Johnny" Gomez was shot seven times after
he apparently threatening the officer's life. On Monday, Mayor Joe
Wardy explained the recent actions have prompted the city to
"aggessively" train the police department in handling situations with
people mental disorders. [more ]
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