Phoenix council will consider $1.2 million settlement in police wrongful death suit

The Phoenix City Council is scheduled to vote Wednesday on whether to approve a $1.2 million settlement of a wrongful death lawsuit filed against police officers in a case that stems from 2019.

If approved, lawsuit settlement money would go to Henry Rivera’s four minor children. Court records say the family was nearly homeless. But Rivera got work as a handyman at a hotel where they began staying.

Around the same time, Phoenix police were looking for a double-murder suspect…

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