The parents of a teenage robbery suspect killed by Cottonwood Heights police are suing the officer who fired and the department, alleging their son didn’t pose a threat and officials covered up the officer’s negligence.
They argue that by shooting their son, Zane James, in the back and firing stray rounds into a residential neighborhood, Cottonwood Heights officer Casey Davies had the potential to do more harm to bystanders than James, according to court documents to filed Thursday in U.S. District Court.
James was killed May 29, 2018, after police say he robbed a store in Sandy with an airsoft gun.