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San Diego County Agrees to an $8.1 Million Settlement For an Unarmed Man’s Death
San Diego County will pay $8.1 million to the family of an unarmed man who was shot in the back by a sheriff’s deputy after he jumped out of a patrol car.
The county and the family of Nicholas Bils agreed to settle a federal civil rights lawsuit on June 20, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported Thursday, citing the court docket.
Bils, 36, was arrested in May 2020 at Old Town State Park in San Diego where he had been pitching balls to his off-leash dog. He brandished a golf club at a ranger before running away. He was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and resisting arrest.
