LOS ANGELES—The attorney representing the family of a Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officer who died on May 29 as a result of a training incident pushed back against the police chief’s claims that the officer didn’t sustain any head injuries and that the death was an accident.
Attorney Bradley Gage filed a damage claim against the City of Los Angeles on behalf of Shirley Huffman—mother of Houston Ryan Tipping, the LAPD officer who was critically injured during a simulated mob training on May 26 and died three days later. Gage alleges that Tipping was beaten to death by other officers in the exercise.
