Suit dismissed in South Bend officer’s shooting of Black man
SOUTH BEND, Ind. – A federal judge has dismissed a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of a Black man who was fatally shot by a white South Bend police officer in a killing that snarled then-mayor Pete Buttigieg’s presidential campaign.
The family of Eric Logan, 54, sued the city of South Bend and former police Sgt. Ryan O’neill over the June 2019 shooting that happened when O’neill said Logan refused his orders to drop a knife while the officer was investigating a report of a person breaking into cars.
Federal Judge Damon Leichty wrote in a ruling dated Wednesday that O’neill acted reasonably when Logan moved toward him with a knife raised over his head.