Maine family of man shot with pellet gun shot by officer settles suit
ME officer still works for the police department and has since been promoted to lieutenant
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The family of a Portland man who was brandishing a pellet gun when he was killed by a police officer in 2017 has settled its lawsuit against the officer.
Sgt. Nicholas Goodman shot 22-year-old Chance David Baker in the parking lot of a strip mall in February 2017. The Maine Attorney General's Office said Goodman was justified in shooting Baker, whose air rifle appeared to be a real rifle, and that he appeared ready to pull the trigger.
Lawyers for Goodman and Baker's family filed paperwork Tuesday in federal court to dismiss the case, the Portland Press-Herald reported. No details about the settlement have been made public and the parties in the case refused to discuss the terms of the agreement this week.
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Family of man who was shot by officer settles lawsuit.
"Sgt. Goodman knew or reasonably should have known, Chance was holding a BB gun at the time deadly force was used," the Bakers’ attorney, Hunter Tzovarras wrote in the 2019 lawsuit.
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Goodman still works for the police department and has since been promoted to lieutenant.