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The lawsuit filed by the daughter of 65-year-old Yia Xiong alleges that St. Paul police officers Abdirahman Dahir and Noushue Cha were negligent and failed to follow department policies and training.
The daughter of a 65-year-old man who she says was deaf in one ear and couldn’t understand police has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against St. Paul police and the city after an officer shot him last year. The action comes a month after prosecutors announced officer Abdirahmin Dahir’s use of deadly force against Yia Xiong was “objectively reasonable to stop the deadly threat posed” by Xiong, .
A grieving family is continuing to demand action after law enforcement officials declined to press charges in last year's police-related shooting death of 65-year-old Yia Xiong.