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Laguna Beach police officers provide medical aid to a suspect shot following a pursuit that ended at North Coast Highway and Nyes Place on March 11. Photo courtesy of Marielena Verdugo.
A man shot by Laguna Beach police officers following a March vehicle pursuit has filed a claim alleging negligent use of potentially deadly force.
Tobiah Paul Steinmetz of Jupiter, Florida claims that when he attempted to exit his vehicle on Coast Highway near Nyes Place officers opened fire on him for “no justifiable reason.”
“Upon information and belief, at no time whatsoever did Tobiah Steinmetz present and imminent and threat of death or serious bodily injury to Laguna Beach Police Department officers,” the claim states.