Family sues over Arkansas man's fatal shooting by officer

Family sues over Arkansas man's fatal shooting by officer

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The family of a man who was fatally shot near an Arkansas hospital while trying to drive away in a stolen truck filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against the officer who shot him and several others.

Relatives of Tyrone Washington filed the lawsuit over the 39-year-old's fatal shooting by a University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences officer near the university hospital's emergency department on Dec. 3, 2020. The lawsuit accuses former UAMS officer Krystal Watson of wrongful death and using excessive force in the shooting.