The father of a 18-year-old Connecticut man killed by a Wethersfield police officer in 2019 has filed a wrongful death lawsuit.
Anthony Vega-Cruz was killed in April 2019 during a traffic stop.
Police said they tried to pull him over for having illegal window tints and a license plate that belonged to a different vehicle with a suspended registration.
Officer Layau Eulizier Jr. fired several shots into Vega-Cruz’s windshield. A year later, state prosecutors ruled the shooting was justified. The officer later resigned from the police force.
Jose Vega-Cruz claims his son’s civil rights were violated. He seeks unspecified monetary damages.