Lawsuit against Seattle officers for 2017 shooting dismissed

Joe Teehan

KGMIAP Photo/Elaine ThompsonPeople cheer as attorney James Bible, center, speaks at a memorial outside where a pregnant mother was shot and killed by police, Tuesday, June 20, 2017 in Seattle.

1-9-2019

SEATTLE, Wash. (AP) — A wrongful death lawsuit has been dismissed against two Seattle police officers in the fatal shooting of 30-year-old Charleena Lyles.

KOMO reports a King County Superior Court judge dismissed the suit against officers Jason Anderson and Steven McNew but allowed the family’s lawsuit against the city of Seattle to stand.

Lyles was shot seven times by officers in her North Seattle apartment in June 2017 after the mother of four called 911 to falsely report a burglary.

The officers said she attacked them with at least one knife.