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A claim filed Sept. 7 against the City of Tacoma alleges police acted "negligently" during an interaction with a shooting suspect days before he shot and paralyzed a man last year.
It says Tacoma police acted “unreasonably, negligently, and dangerously” in an incident with the suspect days before he allegedly shot local restaurant owner Jay Barbour.
The $23 million claim against the city said Barbour is paralyzed from the chest down and he and "his family have suffered emotionally, physically, and financially." It said Barbour and his family felt the reduced sentence was too lenient.
Read the full story: https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/tacoma/lawsuit-police-acted-negligently-suspect-shot-paralyzed-tacoma-man/281-c625c982-2d26-48e5-8d74-1bdf64bfb1f6