Family of man killed by St. Clair Shores police files $10M lawsuit
The family of a man fatally shot by police near a St. Clair Shores banquet hall has filed a $10-million lawsuit against the city and several officers.
The lawsuit alleges that Theoddeus Gray, 29, of Detroit was unarmed and had already surrendered to police when he was killed Nov. 4 outside Lakeland Manor on Harper Avenue, according to the complaint filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Detroit. A police K-9 was also fatally shot.
But police said Gray fired on them and was found with a gun. Court records indicate he had been recently arrested on drug charges.
Officers went to the banquet hall after receiving a frantic 911 call about a man with a gun. Gray was there to attend his girlfriend's baby shower.
Read more: https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/macomb/2019/02/07/family-man-killed-st-clair-shores-police-files-10-m-lawsuit/2804961002/
