The deputy had just finished his shift at the courthouse when he confronted Samuel Nelson in a parking garage, believing he was checking out cars to burglarize.
Investigators say Samuel Nelson was carrying this concealed folding knife when he was shot by an off-duty Los Angeles Couty deputy in Whittier in 2020. A man who was paralyzed when a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy shot him during a violent 2020 encounter in a parking garage at the Whittier courthouse is poised to receive a $7 million settlement to resolve a federal lawsuit.
Attorneys for Nelson could not be reached for comment. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department declined to comment specifically on the settlement because it hasn’t been finalized. Chavez changed clothes and armed himself with a .357 magnum “backup” revolver that he carries in the back pocket of his shorts, and walked to a parking garage across the street from the Superior Court building on Painter Avenue to get into his car and drive home.
Chavez, who attempted to use his cellphone to record video, allegedly asked Nelson what he dropped, and Nelson responded, “Don’t f****** worry about it.” Chavez, allegedly in fear for his life, fired three rounds at Nelson, who was about 3 feet away, striking him in the ear and lower back. Nelson told investigators he reached toward his waistband to pull up his shirt and show Chavez the knife to intimidate him and stop him from recording before he was shot.
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