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an unarmed black man who was shot and killed by a Shreveport, Louisiana, police officer had previously sued the police department alleging excessive force, according to a lawsuit obtained by CNN.
Alonzo Bagley, 43, was killed earlier this month after officers responded to a domestic disturbance call at an apartment complex, according to the Louisiana State Police. State police said that when police arrived, Bagley jumped down from an apartment balcony and fled, and after a brief foot chase, an officer fatally shot Bagley—who was later found to be unarmed. Went.
The officer is on paid administrative leave, and state police are investigating the incident, which includes reviewing the officer’s body-worn camera.
Documents show that Bagley had a previous feud with Shreveport police several years before he was killed.
Twelve months after Shreveport police allegedly assaulted Bagley during an arrest in January of 2018, she filed a federal lawsuit against the department.
Bagley needed to be treated for “a broken occipital orbital eye-socket bones, head and facial injuries, and fractures of several of his front upper teeth,” Says suit.
The complaint states that during the 2018 incident, officers responded to a domestic dispute between Alonzo and his wife.
Bagley was planted The handcuffs that were “put on her very tightly” and she “wrung her hands in front of her body” because of the pain and discomfort of being handcuffed behind her back in the rear passenger side of an SPD (Shreveport Police Department) patrol car , “” the suit says. According to the filing, he “was not attempting and did not attempt to flee, but merely extricated himself from the painful situation he was in.”
The suit states that a police officer then opened the door and delivered “forceful and multiple close blows to the head and face” and that a second officer did not stop the attack. The lawsuit states that Bagley was handcuffed the entire time and did not offer any resistance.
In response to the complaint, the city said that one of its officers opened the patrol car door but was assisting Bagley as he was “attempting to strangle or strangle himself with a seatbelt.”
The city further stated that the officer struck Bagley “in the head and facial area when Plaintiff (Bagley) covered his head with his hands and prevented Officer Kolb from removing the seatbelt and removing Plaintiff from the vehicle.”
It is unclear what the resolution was on the lawsuit.
An attorney representing Bagley in the case did not respond to calls from CNN seeking comment.
Bagley was charged with domestic abuse battery and resisting an officer related to the incident. The domestic abuse charge was dismissed, and he pleaded guilty to the charge in February 2018. Resisting an officer, according to court records.
CNN has requested comment from the police department, and filed an open records request with the city to learn more about the 2018 incident.
Alexander Tyler — the officer who shot and killed Bagley this month — was not with the department at the time of the 2018 incident.
Bagley’s family has sued Tyler., seeking more than $10 million in damages, according to a lawsuit filed in federal court. The lawsuit alleges that the office violated Alonzo Bagley’s Fourth Amendment rights.
Louisiana State Police say the matter is still under investigation.