San Diego agrees to pay $30m to family of boy, 16, shot dead by police

Key Highlights

• Wilson is half Black, family attorneys said. The settlement is considered one of the largest in response to a police shooting in the United States.
• In 2021, the city of Minneapolis agreed to a $27m civil settlement for George Floyd’s family after he was killed when an officer kneeled on his neck for nine minutes.
• Floyd said he could not breathe during the May 2020 arrest. On 28 January, Wilson was standing at the Santa Fe station when another teenager approached him with a gun and started shooting.
• Wilson ran away from the gunfire and, as he fled, passed by officer Daniel Gold near the station corridor. As seen on body-worn camera and surveillance footage released by police, Gold pulled out his gun and shot at Wilson’s back as he ran by within seconds of encountering him in the corridor.
• Footage captured Gold identifying himself as a police officer only after he opened fire. Wilson was pronounced dead at the hospital 35 minutes later. Although officers uncovered a firearm on Wilson while providing first aid, Wilson did not brandish a weapon nor threaten Gold at the time the officer opened fire, the civil lawsuit says.