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HELD ON 1 MILLION DOLLARS BOND.
THE ESTATE OF A 2011
HOMICIDE VICTIM... NOW SUING
POLICE... AND THE CITY OF NEW
HAVEN. AMONG THE THINGS THE
LAWSUIT ALLEGES... THAT
POLICE IGNORED THE MAN'S CRIES
FOR HELP. NEWS EIGHT'S ANNIE
ROURKE... LIVE IN NEWS EIGHT
CONTROL TONIGHT... TO BREAK
IT ALL DOWN. ANNIE?THE
LAWSUIT CLAIMS ESSENTIALLY
THAT THE POLICE TOOK A
TERRIBLE SITUATION.. AND MADE
IT WORSE. DERRICK SUGGS WAS
WOUNDED BUT ALIVE WHEN POLICE
GOT TO THE SCENE.. BUT HIS
ATTORNEY SAYS, THE POLICE
MISHANDLED THE SITUATION SO
SEVERELY.. IT CONTRIBUTED TO
THIS DEATH.THIS WAS THE SCENE
BACK IN MARCH OF 2011.. AS YOU
CAN SEE, THERE ARE MANY, MANY
EVIDENCE MARKERS ON WEST
STREET IN NEW HAVEN..
WITNESSES SAY, THEY HEARD 15
TO 20 SHOTS FIRED. DERRICK
SUGGS HAD COME OUTSIDE TO MAKE
SURE THAT HIS LONG-TIME
GIRLFRIEND, FELICIA DAWSON,
WAS SAFE AS SHE WALKED TO THE
STORE.. BUT HE WAS HIT BY THE
BULLETS FROM THE DRIVE-BY
SHOOTING. BY ALL ACCOUNTS, HE
WAS AN INNOCENT BYSTANDER WHO
WAS IN THE WRONG PLACE AT THE
WRONG TIME. BUT HIS
GIRLFRIEND SAYS, WHEN POLICE
ARRIVED ON THE SCENE.. SUGGS,
WHO WAS GRIEVOUSLY WOUNDED,
WAS HAND-CUFFED BY POLICE AND
EVEN DRAGGED ON THE GROUND
WITHOUT A STRETCHER.IT
SHOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED, ALL
OF THESE THINGS ARE TRULY
WRONG. I MEAN, THIS GUY WAS A
VICTIM, HE WAS A LAW-ABIDING
GUY WHO HAD THE MISFORTUNE TO
STEP OUTSIDE OF HIS HOUSE WHEN
THERE WAS SOME SHOOTING GOING
ON. BUT THE WAY THAT THE
POLICE RESPONDED WAS TOTALLY
OUT OF LINE AND I CAN'T
IMAGINE ANY LEGITIMATE
EXPLANATION FOR THAT.
OUT OF LINE AND I CAN'T
THERE IS ANOTHER ISSUE HERE..
THE VICTIM'S FAMILY HAS MADE A
FORMAL REQUEST.. ASKING FOR
THE INVESTIGATIVE FILE AND
OTHER RECORDS IN THE CASE..
THE POLICE HAVE SO FAR,
REFUSED TO TURN OVER ANY
PAPERWORK WHATSOEVER. THE
FAMILY HAS NOW FILED A
WRONGFUL DEATH LAWSUIT. THE
CITY SAYS, THEY WILL RESPOND
ACCORDINGLY AT THE APPROPRIATE
TIME. LIVE IN NEWS 8
CONTROL.. AR.. N8.