Critics question decision not to criminally charge San Diego police officer who fatally shot teen

SAN DIEGO – Konoa Wilson was running for his life after gunshots rang out at the Santa Fe Depot train station early last year when he nearly collided with San Diego police Officer Daniel Gold.

Gold said he instantly thought Konoa was the gunman and made the split-second decision to open fire, striking the 16-year-old boy twice and killing him.

Months after the victim’s family filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against San Diego, the city agreed to pay $30 million to avoid a trial – one of the largest settlements in a police wrongful-death case ever…

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