Dachena Warren-Hill, a 20-year-old Black woman, was attempting to drive away from the man who was abusing her when she was shot and killed by an Indiana police officer in 2023.
Officer Mark Guzman of the Fort Wayne police claimed he was in fear for his life when he opened fire, claiming she was driving her car directly toward him.
However, body camera footage released three months later shows Guzman was not directly in the car’s path because she was driving away from him when he opened fire.
Last week, her mother, Danisha Warren, filed a lawsuit in federal court against Guzman as well as the department’s former police chief and the man who was abusing her, Cedric Brown…