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Bevan Hurley

Family sue after unarmed man was shot dead at school pickup after getting into wrong car

Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office

The family of an unarmed Colorado man who was shot dead by police while picking up his brother from school have filed a federal civil rights lawsuit alleging improper use of force.

Richard Ward, 32, was shot three times in the chest in a crowded parking lot outside Liberty Point International Middle School on 23 February 2022 during a scuffle with Pueblo County sheriff’s deputy Charles McWhorter, according to NBC News.

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