'We want accountability': Family of man killed by officer in questionable shooting files $2.5M lawsuit

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SALT LAKE CITY — A $2.5 million civil lawsuit has been filed by the estate of a man shot and killed by a Unified police officer — a shooting that prosecutors determined was not legally justified.
On Wednesday, a brother and cousin of Bryan Peña-Valencia, who represent his estate, along with their attorney Robert Sykes announced the lawsuit against the officers involved in the shooting death as well as the Unified Police Department, claiming the officers — due to a lack of training — escalated the situation by unnecessarily chasing after him and then used excessive force by shooting him five times after he was already on the ground.

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