A California judge has ruled that a civil case to determine whether police officers used excessive and unreasonable force when they fatally shot a double amputee after dumping him from his wheelchair will be settled by a jury.
The case stems from a deadly police encounter involving 36-year-old Anthony Lowe, a double amputee who was shot 11 times by police officers in Huntington Park, California, according to a lawsuit filed by Lowe’s family.
On Jan. 26, 2023, police responded to a call about a reported stabbing and encountered Lowe, who matched the suspect description dispatchers got from the 911 caller.
When responding officers Paul Munoz and Joshua Volasgis directly confronted Lowe, Lowe tried moving away, but one of them grabbed the back of his wheelchair and dumped him to the ground, the family’s lawsuit states.
According to the judge’s ruling, a knife also fell out of the wheelchair, which Lowe grabbed after he righted himself on the ground and kept moving away from the officers.
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