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Anna Herrera, left, and Brittny Herrera, cousins of Bryan Peña Valencia, hold a press conference underneath Peña Valencia’s portrait on a building at 900 South and 300 West in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, May 5, 2021. Peña Valencia was shot by a Unified police officer on March 21, 2020, after police responded to a 911 call about gunshots in the area of 6200 S. Bangerter Highway.
Laura Seitz, Deseret News
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.