Hill’s mother sued St. Lucie County Sheriff Ken Mascara and Christopher Newman, the deputy who killed her son, for wrongful death. Newman and another deputy, Edward Lopez, first knocked on the front door before knocking on the garage door. “As the garage door was in the process of being closed during this time, the bullets traveled through the garage door, striking and killing Hill.”Witnesses told investigators that the entire confrontation was over in seconds. Phillips said Hill’s then-9-year-old daughter was at the elementary school across the street and saw her father get killed. A GoFundMe created on behalf of Hill’s family had so far raised more than $45,000 as of Saturday afternoon.

Source: Washington Post June 02, 2018 19:02 UTC