SAN FRANCISCO
Lee Heidhues
In 2020 Vallejo cop Jarrett Tonn murdered 22-year old Sean Monterrosa in June 2020 while he was sitting in his car.
A terrible abuse of police power which the blogger wrote about at the time (see following: Murdered by Vallejo cop)
The cop was never charged. But, six years later Justice of a sort prevails.
Excerpted from San Francisco Chronicle 3.18.2026
The city of Vallejo will pay $8.5 million to settle a lawsuit filed by the family of Sean Monterrosa, who was shot and killed by a police officer there in 2020, the family’s attorney said.
“The loss of Sean will forever be with our family, and no settlement can ease our pain,” the Monterrosa family said in a statement on Tuesday. “Nonetheless, we are grateful to have reached a resolution in this case.”
Monterrosa, 22, of San Francisco, was fatally shot by Officer Jarrett Tonn on June 2, 2020, just a week after a Minneapolis police officer killed George Floyd, sparking months of protests against police violence across the country.
Vallejo police were responding to reports of looting and came upon a group of people including Monterrosa outside a Walgreens. Tonn, who was riding in the back of an unmarked police truck, fired through the windshield from the back seat, striking Monterrosa in the back of the head. The 22-year-old was found with a hammer in his sweatshirt pocket, which police said they mistook for a gun.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/vallejo-sean-monterrosa-lawsuit-settle-22084331.php
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