Family pursuing lawsuit against SLTPD

By Van Tieu, KRNV-TV

There are new allegations in the officer involved shooting at the Tahoe Hacienda Inn in South Lake Tahoe earlier this week that left a 22-year-old man dead.

Kris Jackson

Kris Jackson

An attorney for Kris Jackson’s family is pursuing wrongful death and violation of civil rights actions against the officer who shot him.

Alan Laskin, says the officer should be criminally charged for acting out of protocol and killing Jackson. He says, according to Jackson’s girlfriend, who was there, she never heard any type of warning from the officers to stop, like “put your hands up” before Jackson was shot.

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