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Family of Vanessa Marquez Files Suit Over Civil Rights Violation in Officer-Involved Death

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Eli Countryman The family of “ER” actor Vanessa Marquez filed a federal suit Thursday alleging the officer-involved shooting of Marquez involved a civil rights violation.The actor was killed in her home in 2018.

Officers were called to the scene by paramedics and Marquez was having seizures when they arrived. Approximately 90 minutes into the situation, she aimed a BB gun at the police, which ultimately resulted in the shooting, said Sheriff’s Lt.

Joe Mendoza after the incident.The suit, brought against the city of South Pasadena, Calif., the former chief of police and some officers involved, claims that police caused the confrontation by ignoring paramedics’ decision that Marquez had the right to decline transportation to a hospital.

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