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Minneapolis Public School board approves settlement for family of slain North High quarterback
(FOX 9) – A Minneapolis Public Faculties board authorized a settlement on Tuesday for the household of former North Excessive quarterback Deshaun Hill, who was killed in a taking pictures final February that got here after Hill left faculty throughout a walkout.
In a vote Tuesday night time, a board authorized a $500,000 settlement.
Hill was fatally shot whereas strolling dwelling from faculty within the space of Penn Avenue and Golden Valley Highway, within the metropolis’s Willard-Hay neighborhood.
The identical day Hill was shot, North Principal Mauri Friestleben joined a walkout with college students in protest of the police killing of Amir Locke. Hill did not participate within the walkout rally, however left faculty with the opposite college students.
Deshaun Hill taking pictures: Trial for man charged in his killing pushed again to January
The trial for the person accused of killing Minneapolis North Excessive Faculty student-athlete Deshaun Hill has been delayed till January. Jury choice in Cody Fohrenkam’s second-degree homicide trial was scheduled to start on Monday, November 7, however in a shock transfer, the choose delayed the beginning of the trial.
Friestleben was placed on depart after the incident, however the resolution was later reversed and he or she was reinstated as principal.
In keeping with a press release offered by MPS on Monday, “The household of Deshaun Hill, Jr. asserted claims towards Minneapolis Public Faculties arising out of his tragic demise. Whereas the varsity district denied all legal responsibility, it reached a settlement with the household… The mindless homicide of Deshaun Hill will all the time be the final word tragedy. We maintain his household and shut associates in our hearts and all the time will.”
Cody Fohrenkam is charged with second-degree homicide in Hill’s demise, and is ready to go to trial later this month. Police say he shot Hill after Hill by chance ran into him on the road.