The families of three men who died during incidents involving Sacramento law enforcement personnel filed separate wrongful death lawsuits in December against the city and county.
The lawsuits include incidents in which a jail inmate was strangled by his cellmate; a man was fatally shot by deputies; and a bystander who died during a police chase.
A Sacramento police spokesperson and Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office Lt. Amar Gandhi both declined to comment on the lawsuits because of ongoing litigation. They did not immediately provide the names of the deputies and officers involved in the incidents, or answer whether they were still employed.
Fatal police chase
On June 7, Sacramento police responded to a domestic violence call on Farm Dale Way near the Pocket neighborhood, according to a police news release at the time. The suspect, Daniel Allen Cunningham, who had an active felony warrant, fled. The officers followed in a vehicle pursuit along Florin Road into the Pocket neighborhood. Cunningham ran a red light at Greenhaven Drive and crashed into the vehicle of another man, police said…