ROSEMEAD, Calif. (AP) - Los Angeles County has approved a payment of $1.8 million to settle two lawsuits brought by the family of a schizophrenic woman shot and killed by sheriff’s deputies at a mental health clinic two years ago.
The Pasadena Star-News (https://bit.ly/1ePnImi) reports that the Board of Supervisors approved the settlement Tuesday for state wrongful death and federal civil rights lawsuits filed by the family of Jazmyne Ha Eng.
The 40-year-old Eng was shot in January, 2012 in the lobby of the Asian Pacific Family Center in Rosemead, where she was a patient.
Prosecutors declined to file charges against Deputy Brian Vance, who killed Eng, saying he acted in lawful self-defense.
They say Eng was advancing on deputies with a hammer and didn’t stop when they shot her with a stun gun.
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Information from: Pasadena Star-News, https://www.pasadenastarnews.com/
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