SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) -- Anthony McGaff’s parents stood at the entrance to the Hall of Justice with an $8.5 million settlement awarded by a jury for the wrongful death of their son on an MTS bus.

“I want to tell him I love him and we got his back,” said John McGaff, Anthony’s father.

The incident began when a woman started filming McGaff, confusing and upsetting him. When he confronted the woman, other bus riders restrained Anthony physically and the 28-year-old man was eventually killed.

“I want everyone to remember him as a young and very intelligent man with a lot of ambition, and he had a very bright future ahead of him,” McGaff said.

The jury found the bus driver had a duty to respond to the violence and protect her passengers.

Anthony’s parents say this case has been a moment o

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