SEATTLE (AP) — The King County Sheriff’s Office has agreed to pay $5 million to settle a lawsuit filed by the family of a young man who was fatally shot in the back by a deputy in suburban Seattle. The Seattle Times reports the settlement announced Wednesday comes three weeks before a $10 million civil-rights lawsuit filed by Tommy Le’s family was set to go to trial. The shooting death of Le in Burien sparked outrage and was criticized by policing experts over the circumstances of Le’s death and for the questionable investigation that followed. The Sheriff’s Office said in a statement it “was ready and willing to try this case in a court of law.”
Sheriff’s Office to pay $5M in fatal shooting of young man
