San Diego poised to pay $30M settlement to family of teen fatally shot by police

San Diego is poised to pay $30 million to the family of a teenager who was fatally shot by a San Diego police officer in a split-second encounter outside Santa Fe Depot earlier this year.

Konoa Wilson, 16, was running away from someone shooting at him on the train platform when he emerged from a corridor onto Kettner Boulevard and into the path of Officer Dan Gold II, who was running toward the gunfire.

Konoa was shot within seconds of their encounter the night of Jan. 28, according to footage from the officer’s body-worn camera.

The teen’s parents alleged in the lawsuit, filed in San Diego Superior Court, that Gold opened fire “instantly, without any warning,” in violation of Konoa’s civil rights, as well as state law and San Diego police use-of-force standards.

The lawsuit moved very quickly. The teen’s parents sued the city and Gold in June. The City Council voted to approve a tentative $30 million settlement in closed session in late September.

Attorney Nicholas Rowley, who is part of the team that represented Konoa’s parents, said the $30 million amount was the only offer made. “That is the number we gave them,” he said.

“I’ve never seen a city take responsibility so quickly,” Row...