Settlement Approved In Fatal 2017 Bridgeport Police Shooting: Report

BRIDGEPORT, CT — The family of the late Jayson Negron, 15, will receive $500,000 in a settlement reached in connection with Negron's 2017 shooting death by Bridgeport Police Officer James Boulay, reported the Connecticut Post.

The settlement, reached recently between the Negron's family, the city, the police department and Boulay, was approved by the City Council this week.

As a result, the settlement reportedly means a federal civil rights lawsuit in the case will end.

Negron, who was unarmed at the time, was shot and killed by Boulay in May 2017, while Negron was in a stolen vehicle, according to police. The police-involved shooting marked days of protests.

Boulay was cleared by the Bridgeport department and the state of wrongdoing in the shooting, but was rejected for a position with the Hamden Police Department.

He remains an officer with the Bridgeport Police Department.

Read the Connecticut Post story.