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- The killing of Douglas Zerby occurred on December 12, 2010 in Long Beach, California. Zerby, who was unarmed, was shot twelve times by two Long Beach Police Department officers while playing with a garden hose nozzle. They claimed that they mistook the hose nozzle for a gun and fired at Zerby, killing him, and did not make any verbal warnings or commands. It was later discovered through audio recordings of the officers radios that a house phone rang startling an officer causing him to shoot. The other officers fired once the first shooter did, blaming it on "contagious fire" proving the officers were not trained well. Los Angeles County prosecutors cleared the two officers of the shooting. The family of Zerby filed a lawsuit against the city of Long Beach and were awarded $6.5 million after a jury found the Long Beach Police Department to be responsible for Zerby's death, acting with malice and recklessness, and violating Zerby's Fourth Amendment rights. The officers also had to pay $5,000 each to Zerby's family. (en)
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- Zerby's family awarded $6.51 million in lawsuit against the officers and the city of Long Beach (en)
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- Victor Ortiz and Jeffrey Shurtleff (en)
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- Ocean Boulevard, Long Beach, California, U.S. (en)
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- Killing of Douglas Zerby (en)
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- Homicide by shooting, police killing (en)
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- The killing of Douglas Zerby occurred on December 12, 2010 in Long Beach, California. Zerby, who was unarmed, was shot twelve times by two Long Beach Police Department officers while playing with a garden hose nozzle. They claimed that they mistook the hose nozzle for a gun and fired at Zerby, killing him, and did not make any verbal warnings or commands. It was later discovered through audio recordings of the officers radios that a house phone rang startling an officer causing him to shoot. The other officers fired once the first shooter did, blaming it on "contagious fire" proving the officers were not trained well. (en)
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- Killing of Douglas Zerby (en)
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