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FLAGSTAFF -- The family of a man who was fatally shot by police officers in Flagstaff during August 2006 has agreed to settle its wrongful death lawsuit for $100,000.

The Arizona Daily Sun reports that the Flagstaff City Council is expected on Tuesday to approve the settlement of the lawsuit filed in the death of 23-year-old Kyle Garcia.

A Flagstaff police officer and another officer from the Arizona Department of Public Safety have said they pulled over Garcia because music coming from his vehicle violated a noise ordinance.

The officers say they fired shots after Garcia tried to run them over.

An investigation cleared the officers of criminal charges and concluded they acted in self-defense.

A toxicology exam show high levels of meth and cocaine in Garcia's bloodstream at the time.

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    SurpriseMe wrote...
    lets make some money
    January 13, 2013 12:56 pm
    so if i do drugs and run from the cops they shoot me and i die my family gets 100k for me being a drugie loser? I guess that is like an life insurance policy. I think I will raise a child to be a loser, drugie, teach him how to resist arrest so I can sue law enforcement when they kill him. I could be a millionaire.
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    Stacy L. wrote...
    Hey Suprise Me
    January 13, 2013 4:12 pm
    Why raise them from infants. Just adopt some that are in the system when they get out of juvenile detention. Most of the hard work will be done at that point. You stand to make a lot more.
    Stacy L.
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    Why
    January 14, 2013 11:57 am
    is there a payout at all? Everyone who agreed to this payout should be fired. He was a drug addict and the officers were shown to have acted in self defense. If anything, the family should pay the police for all costs associated with their drug addict relative.
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