"What happened to Konoa was a catastrophic failure of policing, family attorney Nick Rowley said in a statement emailed to The Associated Press on Saturday. A 16-year-old boy was running for his life. He was not a threat and not a suspect, yet he was shot in the back by a police officer who only saw him for one second before deciding to pull the trigger."
"Surveillance and body-worn camera footage from Jan. 28 showed Wilson running away from someone who pulled a gun and fired at him in a downtown train station. As he exited the station, Wilson encountered San Diego Police Officer Daniel Gold. In a lawsuit against the city and Gold, the family alleged the officer instantly, without any warning, fired two shots at Wilson as he ran by, striking him in the upper body."
"Wilson was pronounced dead at UC San Diego Health Medical Center less than an hour later. Only after shooting DECEDENT and watching him fall to the ground did Defendant GOLD finally announce San Diego Police,' said the suit, which was filed in June. Defendants committed acts of racial violence against DECEDENT, a teenager, by shooting him in his back as he ran past Defendant GOLD, in an attempt to get to a place of safety."
San Diego agreed to pay $30 million to the family of 16-year-old Konoa Wilson after he was fatally shot by a police officer in January. A resolution authorizing the proposed settlement was added to the City Council agenda and the payment would come from the Public Liability Fund. Surveillance and body-worn camera footage showed Wilson running away from someone who fired at him and then encountering Officer Daniel Gold as he left a downtown train station. The family alleges Gold fired two unannounced shots, striking Wilson in the back; Wilson died less than an hour later. The family describes the shooting as racial violence and a catastrophic policing failure.
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