The family of a 20-year-old black man shot dead by officers in Vallejo, California, last month have filed a wrongful death claim against the city’s police department. A complaint filed Thursday by civil rights attorney John Burris on the family’s behalf alleges the Vallejo Police Department “bungled from start to finish” its handling of Willie McCoy’s shooting death. The claim is a precursor to a lawsuit the family plans to file, Burris said, according to The San Francisco Chronicle. A coroner’s report has yet to be released, but another attorney for McCoy’s family said the young man was struck by about 25 bullets. The aspiring rapper, who went by the stage name of Willie Bo, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Source: Huffington Post March 01, 2019 20:48 UTC