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$500,000 Settlement In Shooting Death of Mentally Ill Individual

Loaded on Jan. 15, 2009

Filed under: Police--Excessive Force, Police, Arrest Warrants. Location: Ohio.

The Sheriff of Franklin County, Ohio agreed to settle a suit concerning the shooting death of a mentally ill individual for $500,000.

Nasir A. Abdi, a Somali immigrant, had a history of mental illness. When Abdi failed to comply with his physician’s treatment instructions, the Franklin County Probate Court issued ...

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