The Denver City Council on Monday will consider a $900,000 settlement in the death of Frank Lobato, an unarmed 63-year-old man who was fatally shot by police on July 11, 2004.
The proposed settlement appears on the City Council’s agenda.
The lawyer for Lobato’s family, Kenneth Padilla, said he could not comment. City Attorney David Fine could not be reached for comment.
Earlier this month, a federal judge’s ruling cleared the way for a jury to be able to find that Denver failed to train its police officers on decisional shooting and use-of-force policy and failed to discipline officers for using excessive force.
At the time, both parties said that settlement talks were ongoing.
Officer Ranjan Ford Jr. shot Lobato after police went to the apartment of his nephew on a domestic-violence call.
Lobato was in bed at the apartment. Ford thought Lobato had a gun.
Questions remain about whether Lobato was holding a soda can at the time he was shot.
No criminal charges were filed against Ford, and he served a 50-day suspension for violating a use-of-force policy.
