Punta Gorda settles with shooting victim's family for $2M
PUNTA GORDA — City Manager Howard Kunik said a deal between the family of a retired librarian who was killed during a police demonstration and the city of Punta Gorda was a “fair” and “mutual” agreement giving both sides closure.
Gary Knowlton, the husband of Mary Knowlton, 73, who was shot and killed during a “Chamber Police Night” Aug. 9, signed the agreement last week, which releases the City and its police officers from liability for the incident.
In exchange, the Knowlton family is being paid $2,060,234.23 from the city’s insurance and damage recovery funds.
The settlement agreement signed by Gary Knowlton and his attorney Forrest J. Bass was approved unanimously Wednesday morning by the Punta Gorda City Council as a consent agenda item.
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