Apr. 5, 2023
School agrees to pay $13M to family of student killed by security officer
“We hope with a settlement of this size that school districts everywhere that have school security guards who are armed, that they take another look at their policies,” Michael Carrillo of the Carrillo Law Firm said.
The Long Beach Unified School District agreed to pay $13 million to the family of an 18-year-old girl who was fatally shot by a school security officer two years ago.
The security officer, Eddie Francisco Gonzalez, has been charged with murder.
Manuela "Mona" Rodriguez was shot in the back of the head as she sat in the passenger seat of her boyfriend's car in September 2021 a block from Millikan High School. She...
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