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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Stefano Esposito

Family of 84-year-old woman killed during police pursuit says city hasn’t responded to a lawsuit — three years after the case was filed

Derrick Gunn on Monday discusses the lawsuit filed in connection with the death of his mother, Verona Gunn, an 84-year-old bystander killed in 2019 after a Chicago Police Department vehicle crashed into Gunn’s vehicle, (Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times)

Three years after two Chicago police vehicles collided on the West Side, killing an 84-year-old retired teacher, lawyers for the woman’s family say the city has done nothing to try to resolve a lawsuit filed in response to the tragedy.

“This was the type of event that never should have happened,” attorney Antonio Romanucci said to reporters Monday at a church on the West Side. “These are two police vehicles that crashed into each other at an intersection because neither one was obeying the orders of the Chicago Police Department when it comes to police pursuits.”

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