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The city of Detroit recently reached a settlement with the family 7-year-old, Aiyana Stanley-Jones was killed during a botched police raid. The city has agreed to pay the family $8.25 million in damages for Stanley-Jones death The Detroit Free Press reported.

“Aiyana’s death was a tragic loss for her family and has been a heavy burden on our community,” Detroit Corporation Counsel Lawrence Garcia said in a statement. “We believe today’s settlement is fair because it balances the needs of Aiyana’s family and our responsibility for the city’s finances. We hope this resolution will provide everyone involved a measure of closure.”

The 7-year-old died in May 2010 when she was shot in the head during a police raid.

The raid was film for the TV series The First 48 when officers were looking for Chauncey Owens, a suspect in the killing of Je’Rean Blake. Owens was eventually arrested. Stanley-Jones’ father, Charles Jones, was also arrested and charged with second-degree murder for providing the gun responsible for Blake’s death.

The incident occurred when Stanley-Jones was sleeping on a couch with her grandmother, Mertilla Jones, when she was fatally shot. Detroit Police officer Joseph Weekley said Jones hit his gun, and it went off. Jones denied touching the weapon, according to The Detroit News.

Weekley was tried twice for the killing, but both trials resulted in a hung jury. The prosecution said he would not stand trial a third time.

The family’s attorney, Geoffrey Fieger blamed the almost decade-long battle on the city’s bankruptcy and an appeal. He believes city officials understood the gravity of “killing a 7-year-old child during a made-for-TV police raid.”

“It’s a wound that never heals,” he said. “(The final settlement) won’t provide full justice. The only full justice would be to bring Aiyana back and I can’t do that.”

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