Buena Park, CA

Buena Park, CA: (Jul-09-07) The family of Juan Herrera filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Buena Park, after Herrera, 23, was shot and killed by veteran gang officer Ron Furtado, two days before Christmas in 2004. Furtado claimed that he shot out after he believed Herrera was leaning over as if to grab a weapon from under his car seat. However, Herrera was reported as sitting upright, according to testimony from a forensics expert. Court records stated that Herrera, and passenger Marcos Osoria, led officers on a vehicle pursuit December 23, 2004, after the two were pulled over for a traffic violation. Herrera hit the gas when police approached his window. The pursuit ended when Furtado's partner, officer Steve Yakubovsky, used their patrol car to pin the fleeing Oldsmobile in an alley near the intersection of Grand Avenue and Jackson Street. In a settlement reached, the city agreed to pay the Herrera family $5 million as compensation. [OC REGISTER: GANG OFFICER SHOOTING]

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Published on Jul-10-07