Two lawsuits have been filed against the city of Waukegan and its police officers over the fatal Super Bowl Sunday shooting of a 35-year-old man last year.
A wrongful death complaint, filed Jan. 31 in Lake County on behalf of the man’s estate, argues that Asuncion J. Gomez-Guerrero was “no threat” as he tried to slowly turn his car away from officers responding to a call at the Gomez-Guerrero family home on Feb. 3, 2019, but that Waukegan police Officer Rolando Villafuerte “continued to insert himself in front of the moving vehicle.”
“Any reasonably trained police officer would understand (Gomez-Guerrero’s) actions to mean he was attempting to turn his car away from the police officer,” according to the complaint. “Furthermore, any reasonably trained police officer would understand that (he) did not pose a threat to any officer or bystander. Yet, within seconds of exiting his police vehicle, defendant Villafuerte aimed his gun at (Gomez-Guerrero).”

Waukegan faces two lawsuits over man shot to death by police officer on Super Bowl Sunday 2019

This video was released after the lawsuit was filed.

At any other time BBWC (Before Body Worn Cameras) the officer would have been in a pickle and having to endure long Internal Affairs’ investigations and probably most of the public resenting against him.  But while what the lawyer said is somewhat accurate, it is far from the truth of what happened. And slow or not, a car aimed at somebody is a deadly weapon.

Mr. Guerrero played a stupid game and lost in a spectacular fashion obtaining a stupid prize.

PS: I think J. Kb. mentioned that LEO Agencies need to release the full video of shootings or arrests made controversial for whatever reason. I agree wholeheartedly as to not let the animus of activist fester in the public opinion for too long, but just long enough to discredit the idiots and people to ignore them because they are liars.