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Lawsuit filed against Tucson, police officer in fatal shooting of man in wheelchair

Filed Monday in federal court on behalf of Richards’ estate, the lawsuit’s wrongful death claim contends Remington never gave Richards warning he was going to shoot him, did not have his pepper spray on him as required and issued by the city and never drew the stun gun he carried. “That Remington fired the first eight shots at the back of Richards as he sat there confined in his wheelchair was unconscionable and disturbing. But the pause after the eighth shot, followed by the ninth shot, evidences Remington’s depraved state of mind and ought to shock the conscience of all human beings,” the lawsuit reads. Richards’ estate is being represented by Strang Bradley, a law firm based out of Madison, Wisc.