A California jury recently awarded $1.94 million to the family of woman killed by a Union City police officer. Authorities were called to the woman's address after receiving complaints of a disturbance. When the police arrived, the victim claimed she was armed with a handgun. The supervising officer fired shots through the woman's screen door, fatally wounding her. It was later discovered she was only holding two kitchen knives.

The victim's father, brother and daughter filed suit against the police officer and the town of Union City. The suit alleged the officer used unnecessary force and that the town failed to properly train him to handle such a situation.