City to pay $4.5 million in police shooting lawsuit
The City of Buffalo has agreed to a $4.5 million settlement with the family of Jose Hernandez-Rossy, who was fatally shot by a police officer in 2017.
The City of Buffalo is poised to pay $4.5 million to the family of Jose Hernandez-Rossy, who was shot and killed by a Buffalo police officer in 2017. The proposed settlement resolves a federal lawsuit brought by Hernandez-Rossy’s mother, Margarita Rossy, five months after Officer Justin Tedesco shot her son as he ran from the... View Article
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