FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — A settlement has been reached between Fresno County and the family of a man shot and killed by sheriff’s deputies more than five years ago.<\/p>\n
32-year-old Kenneth Mullins allegedly broke into an auto shop and fell asleep in March 2020.<\/p>\n
The family’s attorney says Mullins was homeless at the time.<\/p>\n
The shop owner found him inside and called deputies.<\/p>\n
The first two deputies on scene say Mullins pulled his hands from his pockets and appeared to point a weapon at them so they opened fire, killing him.<\/p>\n
But a third deputy disputed that account, he said Mullins had his hands at his sides and then put them up.<\/p>\n
Mullins was not armed.<\/p>\n
The lawsuit claimed the record of events was incomplete because deputies did not have body cameras at the time.<\/p>\n
“Body cams protect the public, the victims, and the police officers because they show what really happened,” Mullins’ attorney Butch Wagner said.<\/p>\n
Wagner says the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office decided to add body cameras following this case.<\/p>\n
The $3 million settlement still needs final approval from the county.<\/p>\n
The money will go to Mullins’s mother and daughter.<\/p>\n
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