Sheriff Faces $176M Claim Over Shooting in False Swatting

Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos, who is leading the investigation into Nancy Guthrie's disappearance, faces a $176 million legal claim filed by 24-year-old Axeel Melendez, who says deputies shot and permanently paralyzed him during a false swatting call at his Tucson-area home.

Melendez had warned the sheriff's department days earlier about online hackers threatening to send police with a fake emergency report, but deputies allegedly forced entry and opened fire, causing a spinal cord injury. The claim accuses the office of dangerous incompetence. It follows a $3.25 million notice of claim from Carlos Palazuelos, arrested and raided after Guthrie vanished in February, held 7 to 8 hours without charge, and released an hour south of Tucson.

Nanos was also named in a $25 million federal lawsuit by inmate Steven Kenneth Fox, dismissed by a judge, alleging information disclosure, assaults, a brown recluse spider bite, and isolation. No arrests have been made in Guthrie's disappearance, and the sheriff's department has not commented on the latest claim.

Source: Newsweek

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