SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The city of Santa Fe has paid more than $212,000 to settle a lawsuit over a police officer's shooting of a neighborhood watchman when both responded to a late-night burglar alarm.
The Albuquerque Journal reports the payment settles claims against the city, Officer Charles Laramie and former Police Chief Ray Rael over Laramie's shooting of Robert Dominguez in March 2013.
Dominguez, a former Santa Fe police officer and Santa Fe County sheriff's deputy, died at age 78 the following January from what family members said were complications from his three gunshot wounds.
Court documents indicate a settlement in the wrongful death suit was reached last fall. But there was a legal tussle over who would receive the money.
Cammie Nichols, attorney for Dominguez's children, says the settlement is fair.
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Information from: Albuquerque Journal, http://www.abqjournal.com
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