Los Angeles to pay $15 million to teen with pellet gun paralyzed by police

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The city of Los Angeles on Wednesday agreed to pay $15 million dollars to the family of a teenager paralyzed in 2010 when he was shot by a police officer who mistook a pellet gun the youth was holding for a real firearm. Rohayent Gomez Eriza was 13 when he was struck by a single bullet while playing near his home with two friends, according to court documents. The bullet stuck Gomez Eriza's spinal cord, rendering him paralyzed from the chest down and unable to care for himself or work, according to court documents.

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