The family of an Oakland banker shot and killed by his neighbor while he was doing yardwork has been awarded $2.4 million in a settlement following his death.
Civil rights attorney Adante Pointe said that Oakland will pay the family of the slain Miles Armstead $450,000 and Alameda County will pay $1.95 million. fatally shot him on May 1, 2020, according to Oakland police. His widow, Melina, had argued in her lawsuit that Oakland police and county probation officers should have done more to protect her family.
Armstead, a wealth manager at Fremont Bank, was a father to three children and expecting a fourth child at the time of the shooting.All the news you need to know, every day
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