Family of Man Killed in Police Shooting Sue Culver City PD
The family of a man who was fatally shot by Culver City Police Department officers last year filed a federal wrongful death lawsuit Tuesday allegin...
The family of a man who was fatally shot by Culver City Police Department officers last year filed a federal wrongful death lawsuit Tuesday alleging officers failed to provide timely medical care that may have prevented the death.Police received a call around 12:30 a.m. Dec. 18, reporting that Guillermo Medina, who suffered from schizophrenia, was having a mental health breakdown and was acting erratically, the lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles federal court, states.Sgt. Eddie Baskaron of the Culver City Police Department said at the time that officers were dispatched to the 3800 block of College Avenue regarding an incident 'wherein the husband/suspect was threatening the wife/victim with a handgun.