The LAPD police officer is his fellow police officer during training simulating a mob attack. Was beaten and died. A new tort claim filed by his mother's claim.
Houston Tipping, 32, died on May 26, three days after an accident while working at the Los Angeles Police Department's Elysian Park Academy.
Tipping, another officer, LAPD, stated in his posthumous statement.
At one point, "the officer's chip fell to the floor and suffered a catastrophic spinal cord injury," police said.
Tipping's mother, Shirley Huffman, filed a claim notice with the city on Friday alleging tort and civil rights infringement, the Los Angeles Timesreported. .. Such claims often precede proceedings.
Huffman alleged that her son was "struck his head so hard that he bleeds," and he broke his neck many times, killing him, The Times reported.
Other officers were previously injured in exercises and tipped training The question before he died, the claim says.
LAPD declined to comment on this claim. The department is investigating the case internally to see if there are any changes that need to be made, spokesman Captain Kelly Munis told the newspaper.
Five-year veteran Tipping worked as a police officer in the San Fernando Valley.
With post wire
