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Highland family of man shot by sheriff’s deputy wins case

June 21, 2022

A federal jury found a San Bernardino sheriff’s deputy guilty of violating a man’s rights after fatally shooting him during a July 22, 2018, traffic stop.

The June 17 verdict orders the county to pay Juan Ramos’ family $4.5 million. Attorneys on both sides have not yet responded to requests for comment.

The stop and shooting

The family’s third amended complaint claimed San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Deputy Gary Wheeler stopped Ramos in Highland at 4 p.m., July 22, 2018, after claiming to receive a dispatch regarding Ramos’ car.

Wheeler claimed he saw Ramos with a box cutter as he approached the vehicle.

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