DENVER (KDVR) -- The city of Arvada has agreed to a $2 million settlement in a lawsuit filed by the family of a pregnant woman an Arvada police officer shot and killed in 2021. An officer shot Destinee Thompson in August 2021 outside an American Motel near Interstate 70 and Kipling Street as she tried to drive away from officers questioning her about an alleged armed robbery at a Target, Arvada police reported at the time. Thompson was later det…

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Arvada agrees to $2M settlement to family of pregnant woman officer shot in 2021

The family of a pregnant woman who was fatally shot by police in Arvada, Colorado, has reached a $2 million settlement with the city, officials said Tuesday.

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Family of a pregnant woman fatally shot by Colorado police reaches $2 million settlement

The city of Arvada paid $2 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit over the 2021 police killing of a pregnant woman whom officers mistook for an armed shoplifting suspect. Destinee Thompson’s surviving family members filed the lawsuit in 2023, two years after an Arvada police officer killed Thompson, a 27-year-old mother of three, and her unborn son as Thompson drove away from officers on Aug. 17, 2021. The city settled the lawsuit in July, c…

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Three-and-a-half years after a group of Arvada Police officers mistook Destinee Derara-Thompson for the suspect in a nearby robbery and at shot her eight times, the City of Arvada and the Thompson family have settled a civil lawsuit that will see Arvada pay the Thompsons $2 million. Delara-Thompson was killed on Aug. 17, 2021 outside […]

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City of Arvada reaches $2 million settlement with family of pregnant woman killed by Arvada Police - Arvada Press

A settlement of $2 million has been struck between the city of Arvada, Colorado, and the family of a pregnant lady who was tragically shot by police in Arvada, Colorado, after authorities incorrectly recognized her as a shoplifter. Tuesday was the day that officials issued this pronouncement, which served to provide some conclusion to a case that has garnered a great amount of attention. Originally from Denver, Destinee Thompson was a mother of …

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Colorado Police Settlement: Family of Pregnant Woman Killed by Officers Receives $2 Million - West Palm Beach News

DENVER — The family of a pregnant woman who was shot and killed by Arvada, Colorado, police after she was mistaken for a shoplifter has reached a $2 million settlement with the city, authorities said Tuesday. Destinee Thompson, a Denver mother of three, was killed Aug. 17, 2021, as she tried to drive away from officers who had surrounded her car as she left an Arvada motel. The lawsuit filed by Thompson’s family was settled in July and the settl…

DENVER — La familia de una embarazada a quien la policía de Arvada, Colorado, disparó y mató después de que la confundieron con una ladrona de tiendas llegó a un acuerdo de $2 millones con la ciudad, dijeron las autoridades el martes. Destinee Thompson, madre de tres hijos de Denver, fue asesinada el 17 de agosto de 2021, cuando intentaba alejarse de los agentes que habían rodeado su automóvil cuando salía de un motel de Arvada. La demanda prese…

Familia de embarazada que murió en tiroteo con la policía llega a un millonario acuerdo

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Family of pregnant woman killed in police shootout reaches multi-million dollar settlement

Miamistandard– IN DENVER — The family of a pregnant woman who was shot and killed by police in Arvada, Colorado, after they mistook her for a shoplifter has reached a settlement with the city over the amount of $2 million, according to officials who made the announcement on Tuesday. On August 17, 2021, Destinee Thompson, a mother of three from Denver, was slain as she attempted to drive away from law enforcement authorities who had surrounded he…

Arvada agrees to $2M settlement to family of pregnant woman officer shot in 2021

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