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Personal Injury & Torts

Apr. 20, 2004

Jury Awards $168,240 to Kin of Woman Shot by Police

A jury recently awarded the family of a mentally ill woman $168,240 after finding three Long Beach officers negligent in her shooting death.

By Eron Ben-Yehuda
        A jury recently awarded the family of a mentally ill woman $168,240 after finding three Long Beach officers negligent in her shooting death.
        Police shot Marcella Byrd, 57, five times after she allegedly raised a knife in a threatening manner near a busy stretch of restaurants and businesses.
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