Los Angeles to Pay $9.5 Million Over Police Fatal Shooting of Trader Joe’s Manager

She was mistakenly shot by police pursuing a suspect who ran into the store in 2018.

The Trader Joe's sign is seen on a store in Fla. in a file photograph. Joe Raedle/Getty Images

LOS ANGELES—Relatives of a Silver Lake Trader Joe’s assistant manager who was mistakenly shot by police pursuing a suspect who ran into the store in 2018 formally reached a $9.5 million settlement with the city today.

Attorneys for the family and the City Attorney’s Office had informed Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Alison Mackenzie in May of a “conditional'‘ resolution of the long-running case involving the shooting death of Melyda ”Mely’' Corado, but no terms were disclosed.