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-- The parents of a 20-year-old Pace University student who was killed by police gunfire during a confused confrontation with police officers in a New York City suburb took the first step in bringing a wrongful death lawsuit into the death of their son.
Family attorney Michael Sussman said Wednesday that he filed a notice of claim on behalf of Dan and Angella Henry against the town of Mount Pleasant and the village of Pleasantville, New York.
The claim alleges that the officers acted negligently in the use of deadly force, and lacked proper supervision and training.
The pair plan to sue for $120 million, Sussman said.
Their son, Danroy "DJ" Henry Jr. was shot and killed in October after he struck two police officers with his car, police said.
In October, Chief Louis Alagno of the Mount Pleasant, New York, police said that officers handcuffed Henry -- a resident of Easton, Massachusetts, and a college football player -- not realizing that he had been shot.
Alagno said authorities then removed Henry's handcuffs and tried to save his life as soon as they discovered his condition.
But also in October, Donna Parks -- whose son was a friend of Henry's and was shot and wounded in the incident -- said that police "pulled DJ out of the car, handcuffed him, put him face down on the ground and left him there for 15 to 20 minutes."
The incident occurred after a police officer came across "a large group of unruly patrons" in front of Finnegan's Grill in Thornwood, New York, and called for support, according to a police press release shortly after the incident.
Some 50 police officers responded to the brawl, which continued after the shooting incident, the statement said.
Officers were breaking up fights, police said, when "a vehicle parked in the fire lane" accelerated. A police officer tried to stop the vehicle, which Henry was driving, but its mirror struck the officer and the officer "ended up on the hood," said police.
The officer on the hood shot at the driver, but the vehicle continued in the fire lane in the direction of a third Mount Pleasant officer. That officer also fired at the vehicle, according to the police press release.
But Parks disputed the police account. She said Henry and others in the car were waiting for a friend to come out of the establishment "when a police officer banged ... on the window." She said Henry began driving after her son, Brandon Cox, told him that he thought police wanted him to move his car.
"Another police officer with his gun drawn just ran out in front of DJ's car," said Parks, insisting Henry had no time to stop.
