COLUMBUS — Columbus plans to pay $1 million to the family of a woman killed by an undercover officer in August 2018, according to documents filed in Franklin County Probate Court.
The Columbus Dispatch reports that the payout would be the largest in city history.
The family of Donna Castleberry filed a wrongful death lawsuit in U.S. District Court in August 2019 against Columbus, former police chief Kim Jacobs and former Columbus police officer Andrew Mitchell.
The settlement does not cover Mitchell who remains a defendant in the civil suit and in criminal cases against him in Franklin County Common Pleas Court and U.S. District Court in Columbus.
Mitchell is facing state murder and manslaughter charges and resigned last year after being indicted on federal charges that he used his position as a police officer to coerce women into sexual acts.