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Family of slain man sues city police, nightclub owners for $1.5M
BALTIMORE —The family of a Baltimore nightclub patron who was shot and killed alongside a plainclothes police officer during an altercation with police in 2011 has filed a $1.5 million wrongful-death lawsuit.
The lawsuit, filed by the family of Sean Gamble, seeks damages against the police department and the owners of the club.
Thursday marked three years to the day since the incident. The Gamble family filed their civil suit Monday just under the statute of limitations. The lawsuit has 20 counts, alleging negligence, violation of rights and wrongful death.
Gamble was shot during a fight that broke out at the Select Lounge in the early-morning hours of Jan. 9, 2011. The shooting involved plainclothes Officer William Torbit Jr. and several other officers.
Torbit had responded to a report of trouble at the club, and investigators determined he fired shots as he was stomped by a group of people involved in the fight.
Uniformed officers who arrived at the scene said they didn't know Torbit was an officer, so they fired dozens of shots, killing Torbit and wounding four others. Gamble was also killed in the melee; however, the identity of the person who fired the fatal shot is still being disputed.
Read more: http://www.wbaltv.com/news/maryland/baltimore-city/slain-baltimore-officers-family-sues-department/-/10131532/23846982/-/11pxh0vz/-/index.html#ixzz2rvhbKVuZ
The lawsuit, filed by the family of Sean Gamble, seeks damages against the police department and the owners of the club.
Thursday marked three years to the day since the incident. The Gamble family filed their civil suit Monday just under the statute of limitations. The lawsuit has 20 counts, alleging negligence, violation of rights and wrongful death.
Gamble was shot during a fight that broke out at the Select Lounge in the early-morning hours of Jan. 9, 2011. The shooting involved plainclothes Officer William Torbit Jr. and several other officers.
Torbit had responded to a report of trouble at the club, and investigators determined he fired shots as he was stomped by a group of people involved in the fight.
Uniformed officers who arrived at the scene said they didn't know Torbit was an officer, so they fired dozens of shots, killing Torbit and wounding four others. Gamble was also killed in the melee; however, the identity of the person who fired the fatal shot is still being disputed.
Read more: http://www.wbaltv.com/news/maryland/baltimore-city/slain-baltimore-officers-family-sues-department/-/10131532/23846982/-/11pxh0vz/-/index.html#ixzz2rvhbKVuZ
Shoot first, shoot second, if a question gets asked along beforehand it'd be a miracle.
