Connecticut cops pay $3.5 million after killing unarmed man in SWAT raid

Connecticut cops pay $3.5 million after killing unarmed man in SWAT raid

February 21, 2013 21:23

Three-and-a-half million dollars will be paid out to the family of a Connecticut man who was killed in a poorly-executed SWAT raid nearly five years ago.

As part of a settlement in a case involving the 2008 death of 33-year-old Gonzalo Guizan, five towns in Fairfield County will pool their money to compensate the victim’s family for an incident that also left another man seriously injured.

On May 18 of that year, law enforcement officials received a phone tip about drugs reported to be in the Easton, Connecticut home of Ronald Terebesi, who happened to be entertaining Mr. Guizan in his den that afternoon. Officers from the town of Easton, Monroe, Trumbull, Wilton and Darien all coordinated a raid to scoop up the drugs, but shortly after they entered the residence the officers became overwhelmed and a multiple of shots were mistakenly fired at the unarmed and unsuspecting men.

“It looked like the Russian army had approached,” neighbor Drew Clark. Recalls to a local NBC affiliate.“This was overkill.”

Clark could barely have been any more right. By the time the smoke cleared, Guizan was dead from six gunshot wounds and Terebesi barely escaped. Both men were found to be unarmed and investigators only uncovered a small amount of cocaine from the home.

"There is undisputed evidence Guizan and Terebesi were huddled in a corner when police shot," Gary Mastronardi, an attorney for the homeowner, tells the Connecticut Post. But even with all of the evidence there, it’s taken nearly half a decade to bring justice to the family. The five towns involved in the settlement have been negotiating heavily ever since last summer when a federal judge refused to dismiss the lawsuit and said he would bring the case to a jury to determine if the SWAT officers used unreasonable and excessive force during the raid. Now before the matter can go to court, the family of the deceased will receive $3.5 million, described by the Post as being perhaps the largest settlement ever made in the state over a police shooting. And while it might not be the guilty verdict that a jury might have returned, attorneys say it at least shows accountability.

FULL STORY: http://rt.com/usa/connecticut-swat-Guizan-raid-245/

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