The Los Angeles City Council has approved a settlement of a lawsuit filed against the city by the children of a 70-year-old man allegedly shot to death by a Los Angeles police officer in 2017.

The announcement of the accord came during a hearing Tuesday before Los Angeles Superior Court Judge James I. Montgomery. No terms were divulged, but the family of the late Alejandro Mendez is scheduled to receive a check by the end of the month.

Plaintiffs Alejandro and Alejandrina Linares, the offspring of Mendez, brought the lawsuit in March 2019, alleging battery, negligence and civil rights violations. According to the lawsuit, Mendez was holding a pipe and appeared to be mentally disturbed when he was confronted by two LAPD officers.

One officer, who was on his first day of patrol, had a stu

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