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Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson's administration paid $540,000 last month to a man - - the son of two of Jackson's administrators - who sued the city after being shot by police.

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CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson's administration paid $540,000 last month to a man - - the son of two of Jackson's administrators – who sued the city after being shot by police.

Randell Scott Jr. sued the city in September 2013, a year after he was stopped and shot in the stomach by a police officer. Scott is the son of Randell Scott, a top aide to the mayor, and former Cleveland Councilwoman Sabra Pierce Scott, who was hired by Jackson in June, just months after completing a federal sentence for public corruption.

Cleveland police stopped Randell Scott Jr. shortly after midnight on Sept.15, 2012, as he walked with an open beer to his house on Parmelee Avenue on the city's East Side, according to the suit. Police ordered Scott to put down the beer and "come here." As Scott complied with the order, he announced that he had a firearm in his waistband and a permit to carry it. Then, one of the police officers, Mark Worsencroft, drew his gun and ordered Scott to raise his hands and put them behind his back, the suit says. Scott was slowly lowering his hands to comply with the order when Worsencroft shot him in the stomach, the suit says.

Scott, a commercial truck driver at the time, was critically wounded and missed 11 months of work. His medical costs totaled nearly $500,000, the suit says.

At the time Scott was shot, his mother was awaiting sentencing for taking a bribe from a contractor embroiled in a federal probe of Cuyahoga County government. Sabra Pierce Scott then began caring for her son during his recovery, a fact that influenced a federal judge's decision to keep her out of prison. Federal prosecutors argued that she should receive prison time, but the federal judge sentenced her to three years probation and eight months of home detention.

Larry Zukerman, an attorney for Randell Scott Jr., said that Sabra Pierce Scott's care was vital to his client's recovery.

"He was critically wounded and faced a long recuperation," he said. "He couldn't have weathered the storm without the constant care and dedication of his mother. She changed the bandages and helped him emotionally. She is a good person."

Jackson spokeswoman Maureen Harper said the city does not comment on the specifics of settlements.

"We review and handle each case on its own merits," she said. "The settlement is not an admission of guilt."

Harper also said that the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office did not bring charges against Randell Scott Jr. or the officers.