AN OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING IN ALBUQUERQUE THREE YEARS AGO WILL COST THE CITY BIG BUCKS. A JUDGE HAS ORDERED THAT THE CITY PAY MORE THAN 6-MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE WRONGFUL DEATH OF 27 YEAR OLD CHRISTOPHER TORRES…A SCHIZOPHRENIC WHO WAS PUNCHED AND SHOT BY OFFICERS IN HIS BACK YARD IN 2011.
THE RULING SAYS THE USE OF DEADLY FORCE VIOLATED TORRES' CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS. STEVE TORRES, CHRISTOPHER'S FATHER, SAYS THE RULING VINDICATES THE FAMILY'S STORY THAT THEIR SON WAS WRONGFULLY KILLED.
