The Vancouver City Council approved a six-figure settlement agreement Monday in the police shooting of a Vancouver man in April 2020.
Three Vancouver police officers fatally shot William Abbe, 50, while responding to an April 28, 2020, assault at Northeast Fourth Plain Boulevard and Stapleton Road. A review of the shooting by the Thurston County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office deemed it was lawful and justified.
Kara Brandon, Abbe’s daughter, filed a federal lawsuit in October 2021 against the city of Vancouver and the involved officers. It alleged wrongful death, negligence, assault and battery, and excessive force.
Brandon and the city agreed to settle the lawsuit for $725,000.
“The settlement does not concede any wrongdoing by the involved officers or the department,” a staff report states.
