Attorneys for two Bureau of Indian Affairs officers dispute family member claims that George "Ryan" Gipp was unarmed the day he was shot and killed on the Standing Rock Reservation in 2017 and argue the use of force was justified.
Only one of the BIA officers fired shots that day, according to court documents filed this week, the first time the agency has made any information about the incident publicly available.
Gippâs family last summer sued the federal government and BIA officers Raymond Webb and Gary Sandland Jr. The family seeks monetary damages, alleging excessive force, assault and battery, negligence on the part of the officers, and negligence of the BIA in the officersâ training. A federal judge last week dismissed the claim of BIA negligence.