Officer Fred Sigman played a central role in the fatal 2017 shooting of Jesse Murillo, a Navy veteran holding a pull bar mistakenly believed to be a machete.
Sigman fired five shots, claiming self-defense after Murillo allegedly ran toward him, though evidence presented at trial indicated Murillo was running away when he was hit.
A federal jury found that Sigman and Officer Christopher Montague used excessive force, awarding Murillo’s mother $23.8 million in damages, one of the largest payouts in LAPD shooting cases.
Federal jury awarded $23.8m in lapd shooting of navy veteran as evidence contradicts officer Fred Sigman’s self-defense claim
