O'KEEFES, CITY SETTLE OTHERS STILL SUED IN STUDENT'S SLAYING AT PARK AND RIDE LOT.Byline: Karen Maeshiro Staff Writer PALMDALE - The parents of a young woman shot to death at a Park and Ride lot in Palmdale in 2000 have settled with city government for an undisclosed sum in a lawsuit over the death. Municipal officials, who admitted no wrongdoing wrong·do·er n. One who does wrong, especially morally or ethically. wrong  do by city government, also agreed to consider installing video surveillance cameras at the Avenue S lot where 18-year-old Michelle O'Keefe was killed. Family attorney R. Rex Parris said the parents will receive a ``significant amount'' of money from city government but he is not allowed to disclose a figure under confidential settlement terms. Other defendants in the case are still being sued. ``I can tell you both parties are unhappy. With the O'Keefes, it doesn't matter how much they get. They lost their daughter. This case was never about money; nor is it about money as we continue. It's about responsibility.'' Parris said city officials ``agreed to use their best efforts'' toward installing video surveillance at the Park and Ride lot, ``but they have to look into privacy issues before they can do it.'' The attorney for city government, Craig Dunkin, said earlier that the case was settled but that he couldn't divulge the terms. ``Part of the agreement is that it's confidential,'' Dunkin said. Michelle O'Keefe's killer has never been identified, although her parents' original lawsuit said the lot's security guard was considered a suspect. The guard told investigators he was in another part of the lot when he heard gunfire but did not see who shot O'Keefe. Prosecutors said Thursday the criminal case was still being reviewed and no one has been charged in O'Keefe's slaying. A hearing will be held Feb. 8 to approve the settlement with the city. Trial is scheduled to begin in April on the remaining defendants in the lawsuit: the former security guard and the security company, which has since filed for bankruptcy bankruptcy, in law, settlement of the liabilities of a person or organization wholly or partially unable to meet financial obligations. The purposes are to distribute, through a court-appointed receiver, the bankrupt's assets equitably among creditors and, in most . Michelle O'Keefe, an Antelope Valley College Antelope Valley College is a comprehensive community college located in Lancaster, California, USA. It is operated by the Antelope Valley Community College District, with a primary service area of 1,945 square miles covering portions of Los Angeles and Kern counties. student, was found shot to death behind the wheel of her blue 2000 Ford Mustang For other Ford Mustang models and concepts, see . The Ford Mustang is an automobile produced by the Ford Motor Company, originally based on the Ford Falcon compact.[1] in a Palmdale Park and Ride Lot just after 9 p.m on Feb. 22, 2000. The car had backed out of a parking space and rolled over the edge of a small concrete planter planter, farm or garden implement that places propagating material such as seeds or seedlings into the ground, usually in rows. Broadcasting, i.e., scattering seed in all directions, by hand followed by harrowing (see harrow) to cover the seed with soil was an early . The engine was running, and the driver's door was open. She had returned to her car after leaving it at the lot while she rode with a friend to work as an extra during the taping of a music video for rapper Kid Rock. The gun that killed O'Keefe has never been found. In May 2002, members of a local scuba diving scuba diving Swimming done underwater with a self-contained underwater-breathing apparatus (scuba), as opposed to skin diving, which requires only a snorkel, goggles, and flippers. Scuba gear was invented by Jacques-Yves Cousteau and Émile Gagnan in 1943. club combed comb n. 1. a. A thin toothed strip, as of plastic, used to smooth, arrange, or fasten the hair. b. An implement, such as a card for dressing and cleansing wool or other fiber, that resembles a hair comb in shape or the murky bottom of nearby Palmdale Lake but turned up nothing. Karen Maeshiro, (661) 267-5744 karen.maeshiro(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) Michelle O'Keefe, 18, was fatally fa·tal·ly adv. 1. So as to cause death; mortally: fatally injured. 2. So as to result in disaster or ruin. 3. According to the decree of fate; inevitably. Adv. 1. shot in 2000 in her car on a Park and Ride lot in Palmdale. No arrest has been made. |
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