San Diego Tentative $30 Million Settlement in Teen Police Shooting

The city of San Diego has reached a tentative agreement to pay $30 million to the family of 16-year-old Konoa Wilson, who was fatally shot by a police officer on January 28 while fleeing gunfire at a downtown train station, in what would mark one of the largest settlements in a U.S. police-involved killing case.

Wilson, who was half Black, was at the Santa Fe Depot when another teenager approached and fired shots at him. As Wilson ran from the gunfire and exited a corridor onto Kettner Boulevard, he encountered San Diego Police Department Officer Daniel Gold, who had been responding to reports of the shooting. Body-worn camera and surveillance footage show Gold firing two shots at Wilson within seconds of their encounter, striking him in the upper body as he ran past. The officer identified himself as San Diego police only after the shots were fired and Wilson had fallen to the ground.

Wilson was transported to UC San Diego Health Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead 35 minutes after the shooting. Officers discovered a handgun on Wilson while administering first aid, though the weapon was not brandished or visible during the encounter with Gold. According to the family's...