Crime & Justice

Cop Fabricated Suicide Story to Cover Up ‘Negligence’ in Fatal Shooting: Lawsuit

TALL TALE?

Xavier Cuevas-Soto’s death was deemed a suicide by local officials, but his family claims that he died after accidentally firing a police officer’s unattended weapon at a party.

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