GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (via WOOD TV 8) — A man who was shot by a Kent County sheriff's deputy in 2017 is suing the county, then-sheriff and deputy for $10 million.
In a lawsuit filed in federal court Monday, Yusef Phillips alleges his constitutional rights were violated, that the sheriff's department failed to properly train and discipline the deputy and that the department and deputy were negligent.
Phillips was shot in September 2017 at the Burton Landing's apartment complex in Grand Rapids. Authorities say they went there to arrest Phillips and another man in a drug trafficking case. Authorities say Deputy Andrew Hinds and other responding officers ordered Phillips to get on the ground. Hinds said he saw Phillips reach for his waistband, at which point he shot him in the chest.
Phillips was seriously injured. His lawsuit says he still has reduced mobility.
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