An officer involved in the fatal 2006 shooting of Sean Bell is suing his estate. Officer Michael Carey’s suit claims he was hit in the leg by Bell’s car right before Carey and other police officers fired into it multiple times, killing Bell on the morning of his wedding. Bell’s fiancee has brought a wrongful death suit against Carey and the other police officers involved.
According to AoL News, an unarmed Bell and a group of friends were leaving his bachelor party on Nov. 25, 2006, when undercover officers fired more than 50 bullets at the men, wounding Bell’s two friends and killing Bell. The suit brought by Michael Carey alleges that he “suffered a serious leg injury when [Bell] crashed into the vehicle he was riding in before Officer Carey ever drew his gun and fired a shot.” The suit further claims Bell was not wearing glasses or contacts, something he needed to drive properly.
Carey and the other officers, Michael Oliver, Marc Cooper and Gescard Isnora, were acquitted in 2008 of criminal charges stemming from the shooting. A federal civil rights claim is now being dropped as well. AoL reports federal prosecutors say they have “insufficient evidence to pursue federal criminal civil rights charges.”
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