Civil Plaintiff
The Family of an Unarmed, Mentally Ill Man Who Was Shot and Killed by Police Will Receive $5 Million from the City
The city of Santa Clara has agreed to pay $5.3 million to settle a lawsuit over the deadly police shooting of an unarmed, mentally-ill man in 2017.
The city is not admitting any liability in agreeing to the payout to the family of Jesus Geney-Montes, 24, who had been threatening suicide.
Santa Clara police Officer Colin Stewart, who shot Geney-Montes, was cleared of criminal liability by the Santa Clara County district attorney’s office.
