$4.5M Settlement Reached Over Fatal Police Shooting of Autistic Teen, Victor Perez

The City Council on Thursday unanimously authorized Mayor Mark Dahlquist to sign off on a $4.5 million settlement in the federal civil rights lawsuit brought by the family of Victor Perez.

Perez was 17 and had autism and cerebral palsy when Pocatello police shot and killed him in his family’s North Harrison Avenue backyard in April 2025. Federal court records show the settlement was reached Aug. 18 in mediation. It surfaced in an Oct. 26 court filing, and U.S. District Judge David C. Nye approved a portion of it Oct. 27.

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