The family's attorney filed the notice of claim against the City of Phoenix, the Phoenix Police Department, Chief Michael Sullivan and the involved.
The family of Ali Osman — the man who was fatally shot by Phoenix police officers after he threw rocks at them — is seeking $85 million from the city of Phoenix and Phoenix Police Department.
On Sept. 24, officers who were patrolling the area near 19th and Glendale avenues said they saw a man, later identified as Osman, throwing rocks at one of the patrol cars, according to Sgt. Brian Bower, a spokesperson with Phoenix police. The notice of claim says Olachea and Johnson acted with a"reckless disregard for the life and safety" of Osman.
The $85 million to settle the claim supports loss of income and services, medical expenses, funeral and burial expenses, travel expenses, loss of consortium, pain and suffering, lost of enjoyment of life, attorney fees and punitive damages, the document states.The notice of claim described the moments leading up to the shooting and says Olachea was patrolling the area with an officer identified as J. Gibson.
"The officers – without forming any sort of plan that could have resulted in Mr. Osman’s safe apprehension – negligently and unreasonably entered their patrol vehicles and drove back to the intersection of 19th Avenue and Tuckey Lane to confront Mr. Osman.," the document says. While Johnson was"engaging" Osman, Olachea exited his patrol vehicle and fired at Osman at least once"without reason, justification or cause," according to the document. "Mr. Osman had not thrown any rocks at Officer Olachea nor his vehicle at that time he fired his weapon. It was only after Mr. Osman had already been shot and killed that Officer Gibson holstered his firearm and retrieved the less than lethal shotgun stunbag," the notice of claim says.
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