Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies shot and killed Dijon Kizzee in Westmont in 2020.
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Tuesday approved a nearly $3.4 million settlement of a lawsuit filed by the father of a 29-year-old Black man who was fatally shot by sheriff's deputies in 2020 in the Westmont area.
The department contended that Kizzee dropped a gun during the confrontation with deputies, then picked it up during the physical confrontation and raised it toward them, prompting them to fire at him 19 times.The lawsuit alleges that Kizzee was "minding his own business" while riding his bike and that he was stopped for no reason.SUGGESTED: The plaintiff's lawyers further said Kizzee was shot with his hands in the air, then was shot repeatedly while he was on the ground.
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