The family of a carjacking suspect fatally shot by Kane County sheriff’s deputies in 2023 has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the sheriff’s office.
James Moriarty, of Aurora, was shot and killed May 23, 2023, at the Randall Road and Fabyan Parkway intersection on the border of Batavia and Geneva after he stole a car and led police on a chase through the western suburbs, officials have said.
Moriarty, 38, crashed the car when sheriff’s deputies stopped it. He got out, and sheriff’s deputies unleashed a police dog which knocked away what police believed was a handgun. It turned out to be an “airsoft gun,” Kane County State’s Attorney Jamie Mosser said…