City to pay $40,000 to man shot by off-duty cop

Pittsburgh City Council today gave final approval to a $40,000 settlement with a South Side resident shot in the hand by an off-duty police officer.

Council approved the settlement with Kaleb Miller, who claimed in a federal lawsuit that he was attacked without provocation by Officer Paul Abel on June 28, 2008.

He said Officer Abel struck him in the back of his head with a gun. Mr. Miller said that as he moved his right hand behind him to protect his head, the gun went off.

The city suspended Officer Abel, but an arbitrator reinstated him.





First published on January 18, 2011 at 2:15 pm