Mug shot of Erik Campbell who died in a shootout with Yonkers Police and the FBI in 2017.
The Yonkers City Council approved a settlement of $87,500 to the family of Erik Campbell. Campbell was shot and killed during an attempt to arrest him for two bank robberies in Westchester in 2017.
The confrontation with Yonkers Police and the FBI happened on Dec. 14 in Yonkers. Campbell was found in a vehicle used in the bank robberies and attempted to escape the police. An FBI agent opened fire and took 16 shots; a Yonkers Police officer shot another five times. Campbell died shortly after.
Campbell’s family filed a lawsuit against the Yonkers Police Department, and the City of Yonkers and the law enforcement offiers involved.
And on the advice of the Yonkers Corporation Counsel, the City Council approved the request for a settlement of $87,500.
A jury would have been asked to determine if the legal argument of excessive force and wrongful death was the result.
