Fresno, California, settles 2 police shooting lawsuits for nearly $10 million

The city of Fresno, California, settled back-to-back lawsuits stemming from the fatal police shootings of Isiah Murrietta-Golding and Casimero "Shane" Casillas.

The city of Fresno, California, has agreed to settle two federal civil rights lawsuits in less than a month stemming from fatal police shootings, including one in which a teenager suspected of being involved in a homicide was shot in the back of the head on the property of a child daycare center, officials said. The Central California city of just over 500,000 people announced a tentative $4.9 million settlement in the 2017 police shooting of 16-year-old Isiah Murrietta-Golding just days after announcing it was settling a lawsuit for $4.4 million in the 2015 fatal police shooting of 45-year-old Casimero "Shane" Casillas. "I want to sincerely express our apologies and sympathies to the families," Fresno City Council Member Miguel Arias told the Fresno Bee. "It’s my hope that the settlements allow the families to move forward." Murrietta-Golding was shot and killed on April 16, 2017, when he allegedly ran from police officers after they stopped a car he was riding in. Police said the teenager and his brother were suspects in a homicide.