Father saw on television LAPD murder his son - The Review

Bill Beaird filed a claim for $ 20 million against the city after seeing on television the live broadcast of the murder of his son by police in Los Angeles

Bill Beaird wept as he described the shooting at his son Brian Beaird was killed during a chase by police in Los Angeles.

LOS ANGELES -. A father saw his son killed by police in Los Angeles on live television, filed a $ 20 million claim against the city on Friday

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Bill Beaird, 80, wept as he described that he saw the shooting occurred on December 13, the Los Angeles Times reported.

Beaird said his youngest son, Brian Beaird 51-year-old resident of Oceanside, called him to tell him he was being chased by the police, but insisted he had done nothing wrong.

The father said he told his son to stop anyway.

“He said he was going to, but he did not,” said Bill Beaird.

After a chase of nearly an hour, the guiding Brian Beaird Corvette collided with another car, seriously injuring another motorist, then turned on a sidewalk in downtown Los Angeles.

Bill Beaird said saw a report from a television helicopter how the Corvette driver staggered out of the car, briefly raised his hands, he was shot and fell.

“I thought it was my son, but was not sure,” Beaird said.

Brian Beaird was unarmed. Preliminary information indicates that three officers fired more than 20 shots against him, told the LA Times.

Police Chief Charlie Beck said Thursday he was “very concerned” after reading a preliminary report of the shooting. Beck said the officers involved will be out of their normal duties pending the investigation.

Bill Beaird said her son was discharged from the National Guard in 1988 after having surgery to remove a brain tumor and needed regular medical care.

family lawyer, Dale Galipo said I Brian Beaird had developed paranoia after surgery .

“It was just fear and paranoia of the police, although it has never been convicted of any crime,” said Galipo. “And that paranoia with the police is one of the reasons I did not stop.”

A claim is the previous step to a lawsuit. If the city rejects or refuses to settle the claim, Galipo said the family would file a wrongful death lawsuit in federal court.

office of city attorney said he had no immediate comment on the claim.

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information Los Angeles Times, http://www.latimes.com