BRIEFLY : SIMI POLICE CLEARED IN STANDOFF SLAYING.VENTURA - Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. police followed policy when they fatally shot a despondent de·spon·dent adj. Feeling or expressing despondency; dejected. de·spon  dent·ly adv. man who pointed a gun at them following a chase and standoff in January, the District Attorney's Office said Friday. The report issued by Senior Deputy District Attorney Patricia M. Murphy found that Detectives John Parks and Bill Daniels Robert W. "Bill" Daniels is commonly known as the "Father of Cable Television". Childhood through enlistment- Bill was born July 1, 1920 in Greeley, Colorado and shortly thereafter moved to Hobbs, New Mexico. , and K-9 Officer Sterling Johnson, were justified in shooting Stephen Bayer, 39, of Apple Valley. Officers were in ``immediate threat of deadly peril'' and responded reasonably after Bayer pointed his gun at them, Murphy's report said. ``This certainly was a tragic event, but the city is very pleased that the District Attorney's Office investigation agrees with our internal investigation that the officers' actions were proper and justified,'' said City Attorney David Hirsch. Bayer's family has filed a wrongful death claim Wrongful death is a claim in common law jurisdictions against a person who can be held liable for a death. The claim is brought in a civil action, usually by close relatives, as enumerated by statute. against the city, alleging improper training of its officers. - Daily News |
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