The family of a 23-year-old Wichita man who was fatally shot by police in 2012 has reached a $900,000 settlement in their lawsuit against the city of Wichita. The settlement comes just weeks before claims in an excessive force lawsuit filed by the parents of Marquez Smart were set for jury trial in federal court. Smart’s parents, Brenda and Randall Smart, sued the city over the shooting in 2014, alleging Wichita police officers Lee Froese and Aaron Chaffee violated their son’s Constitutional rights on March 10, 2012, when they shot him five times from behind as he ran away from an Old Town club where someone had fired into a crowd at closing time. Evidence suggests three of the bullets hit Smart in the back while he was unarmed and lying face down on the ground with his arms outstretched. He died later at a Wichita hospital.
Source: Wichita Eagle
