Kansas City Police to pay $5 million over 2019 fatal shooting of Terrence Bridges

Bridges was shot and killed by a Kansas City Police officer following a foot chase. He was unarmed. The settlement is one of the largest sums paid out by the police department.
The Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners reached a $5 million settlement agreement in a lawsuit filed by the family of Terrence Bridges Jr., a Black man who was shot and killed by a Kansas City police officer in 2019.

The settlement is one of the largest sums paid out by the Kansas City Police Department, which is overseen by the police board.

“This Agreement represents the police department's acknowledgment of the tragic and significant loss to the family of Terrence Bridges that this incident caused," the family's attorney Tom Porto said in a statement. “Despite this tragedy, we recognize that police officers have difficult jobs and are frequently faced with making split-second life or death decisions. The family is grateful that they are now able to put this matter behind them.”