Taheripour acknowledged that both brothers were carrying guns when they were chased by deputies but he insisted that neither brandished their weapons.

"Justice was done here," said Ali Taheripour, a lawyer who represents the surviving brother and his parents. "We showed at the trial Freddie Davis was shot five times in back."

But attorneys for the Davis family say neither of the Long Beach brothers did anything to provoke and justify the deadly shootings.

The federal jury reached the verdict this week after hearing allegations from the family’s attorneys that a deputy fatally shot 22-year-old Freddie Davis Jr. on Feb. 16, 2006, as he ran from officers. His brother, 20-year-old Keyonte Davis, was also wounded by a second deputy firing from a moving sheriff’s cruiser.

"These were armed suspects who are now wrongly being portrayed as victims," Baca said. "I am sure the county counsel will appeal this verdict."

The verdict outraged Sheriff Lee Baca because he says both of the men shot were carrying guns at the time of the shooting and the deputies feared for their lives.

A federal jury has ruled that L.A. County deputies used unreasonable force when they shot an armed man and wounded his brother in Compton three years ago, and awarded the family $2.65 million.

A federal jury has ruled that L.A. County deputies used unreasonable force when they shot an armed man and wounded his brother in Compton three years ago, and awarded the family $2.65 million. The verdict outraged Sheriff Lee Baca because he says both of the men shot were carrying guns at the time of the shooting and the deputies feared for their lives. "These were armed suspects who are now wrongly being portrayed as victims," Baca said. "I am sure the county counsel will appeal this verdict." The federal jury reached the verdict this week after hearing allegations from the family’s attorneys that a deputy fatally shot 22-year-old Freddie Davis Jr. on Feb. 16, 2006, as he ran from officers. His brother, 20-year-old Keyonte Davis, was also wounded by a second deputy firing from a moving sheriff’s cruiser. But attorneys for the Davis family say neither of the Long Beach brothers did anything to provoke and justify the deadly shootings. "Justice was done here," said Ali Taheripour, a lawyer who represents the surviving brother and his parents. "We showed at the trial Freddie Davis was shot five times in back." Taheripour acknowledged that both brothers were carrying guns when they were chased by deputies but he insisted that neither brandished their weapons.

The verdict comes as LAPD investigators probe the slaying of the brothers’ nephew, 6-year-old Dae’von Bailey, who was allegedly beaten to death by the ex-boyfriend of their sister, Tylette Davis. The suspect in that death, Marcas Fisher, remains a fugitive.