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Baltimore County To Pay Family $6.5M After Deadly Police Shooting

The family filed a lawsuit against Baltimore County and the police officer who shot a mentally ill man in November 2019.

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The family of Eric Sopp alleged Baltimore County police routinely use excessive force against people with mental health disabilities and those experiencing mental health crises, and that an officer violated Sopp’s civil rights and discrimination laws.
The family of Eric Sopp alleged Baltimore County police routinely use excessive force against people with mental health disabilities and those experiencing mental health crises, and that an officer violated Sopp’s civil rights and discrimination laws. (WJZ)

TOWSON, MD (WJZ) — Baltimore County has agreed to a $6.5 million settlement with the family of Eric Sopp, the man who was fatally shot by a police officer in November 2019 during a mental health crisis, the law firm Brown, Goldstein & Levy announced.

In a statement released Tuesday by the law firm, Sopp’s mother, Catherine, said she hopes the county reevaluates crisis intervention training for police officers.

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