Family of suspect in Bronx killing files lawsuit over his Rikers Island death

The family of Jimmy Avila has filed a lawsuit following his death just six hours after arriving at Rikers Island.

Avila was at Rikers Island after being charged with murdering a man and seriously hurting two other people.

Avila called News 12’s newsroom the day of the shooting in Claremont, claiming it was “self-defense.”…

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