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Jury awards $11M to family of mentally ill man shot by LAPD
Wilver Blanco, 42, was shot by LAPD officers during a response to a report of him chasing an elderly man with a knife in South Los Angeles in May 2024. The officers fired seven shots after Blanco ran toward them, despite commands to drop the weapon, and he died from his injuries. A jury awarded roughly $11 million to Blanco’s family, concluding the officers' use of lethal force was unjustified, prompting calls for reforms in police crisis intervention training.
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