Alameda County officials this week approved paying $36 million to the family of a Dublin couple shot dead by a sheriff’s deputy in 2022.
The Board of Supervisors on Tuesday voted on the payment to settle a lawsuit filed by family members of Benison and Maria Tran. The pair were fatally shot inside their Dublin home on Sept. 7, 2022 by then-Alameda County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Devin Williams.
The suit alleged that a month before the killings, Maria Tran called for help when Williams showed up at her house but deputies gave Williams “preferential treatment” and attempted to cover up the incident…