In order to resolve a wrongful death lawsuit stemming from the killing of a security officer outside a Robbins nightclub in 2018, the Village of Midlothian has agreed to pay up $7.5 million.
After a fight broke out and the officer intervened to seize one of the participants, the 26-year-old plaintiff was shot by the officer. He was shot and killed by police during a shootout, and his family later filed a lawsuit against the Midlothian Police Department and the Village of Midlothian. The settlement, to which the Village consented on July 6, still has to be approved by a court.
The shooting took place at about 4 a.m. at Manny's Blue Room, 2911 S. Claire Boulevard, on November 11, 2018. According to the Robbins Police Chief, a bar brawl escalated into gunfire when a guy left the room and came back carrying a firearm.
The plaintiff responded to fire when the man opened fire. According to witnesses at the time, he was ultimately able to restrain one of the men involved in the initial dispute and bring him to the ground outside the pub. Even though witnesses said that numerous officers from other jurisdictions screamed that the complainant was a security guard, a Midlothian police officer opened fire.
The plaintiff's family brought a federal complaint against the Village and the at-the-time-unnamed officer, charging the latter with employing excessive force and making the erroneous, unjustified, and unwarranted decision to kill the plaintiff. Cook County State's Attorney declined to file charges against the officer in October 2020.
The sole inheritor of the plaintiff's fortune is his daughter.
