Chula Vista PD faces lawsuit over shooting death of retired Navy corpsman

The city of Chula Vista and its police department are facing a wrongful death suit over the killing of a retired Navy corpsman.

Three police officers, responding to a disturbance call, shot Carlos Enriquez 16 times with assault-style rifles at his home last April. The lawsuit alleges the officers used excessive and unnecessary force.

Enriquez dodged bullets to save fellow sailors in the Iraq war but did not survive the emotional scars he carried home from it…

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