Supes To Approve $2.5 Million Settlement To Keita O'Neil's Mother

San Francisco CA

08 December, 2021

6:30 AM

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By Eleni Balakrishnan, Mission Local December 7, 2021 The Board of Supervisors will decide today whether to approve a $2.5 million settlement to Judy O'Neil, the mother of Keita O'Neil, an unarmed carjacking suspect who was shot and killed by a police officer in 2017. Christopher Samayoa, on the job only four days and now awaiting a criminal trial, shot and killed O'Neil, 42, after he and his training officer pursued O'Neil into a dead-end street. O'Neil jumped out of the car and as he ran by the officers, who were still in their vehicle, Samayoa shot at O'Neil through the window of the passenger seat. "Judy lost her son and caregiver," said Judy O'Neil's attorney Adante Pointer. "It's been very painful for her to come to grips with. Her health dramatically took a plunge after he was killed. To this day she consistently calls out for him and cries when talking about him. Her sister has stepped up and is taking care of her but no one can replace a son's love for his mother." To read the full article, click here. Mission Local covers San Francisco from the vantage point of the Mission, a neighborhood with all of the promise and problems of a major city. You can support Mission Local here.