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SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, USA — Jury Awards $51.8 Million in the Police Shooting of Antonio Garza Jr.

Antonio Garza Jr., 35, who was mentally ill, was shot a dozen-plus times by Deputies Nicholas Kridner and Bill Abernathy on February 5, 2023, at the end of a 35-minute chase from his Yucca Valley home to Palm Springs. A federal jury has now awarded his mother $51.8 million. This case stays open on the question of criminal charges and will be followed until it closes.

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Date
February 5, 2023
Location
San Bernardino County, California
Victims
Antonio Garza Jr., 35, killed February 5, 2023
Suspect
Deputies Nicholas Kridner and Bill Abernathy (civil verdict)
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    Update #5 — SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY: $51.8 Million Jury Verdict in the Shooting of Antonio Garza Jr.

    A federal jury has awarded the mother of Antonio Garza Jr. $51.8 million — including $10 million in punitive damages — after a seven-day civil trial found excessive force, a civil-rights violation and wrongful death in the February 5, 2023 shooting by Deputies Nicholas Kridner and Bill Abernathy, who fired a dozen-plus shots at the end of a 35-minute chase from his Yucca Valley home to Palm Springs. It is reported as California's largest police-shooting verdict. The family is now urging the California Attorney General to file criminal charges; this case stays open on that question.

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