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Friday, May 15, 2015
First Drip First Drip (5/15/15): Ferrell family gets $2.25 million in civil settlement, more
Posted By Kimberly Lawson on Fri, May 15, 2015 at 8:15 AM
The City of Charlotte agreed to settle the wrongful death civil lawsuit with the family of Jonathan Ferrell, the 24-year-old who was shot 10 times and killed by CMPD officer Randall Kerrick. The amount to be paid out is three times the sum of the last settlement the city worked out in a police-related shooting: $2.25 million. The criminal trial is set to begin in July.
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