Atlanta approves $1.4M settlement for family of man killed by officer acquitted in 2019 shooting

The Atlanta City Council in Georgia unanimously voted on Monday to settle with the family of a man shot and killed in 2019 by a former Atlanta police officer who was later acquitted in connection with the shooting.

The city council has agreed to settle with the family of 18-year-old D'Ettrick Griffin for $1.4 million to resolve their civil lawsuit against the city of Atlanta for their son’s death in the July 15, 2019, fatal shooting involving then-officer Oliver Simmonds.

In 2022, Simmonds was charged with felony murder, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, and two counts of violation of an oath of public office in the fatal shooting at a gas station, according to Fox 5 Atlanta.

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A jury determined Simmonds was not guilty after four hours of deliberations following his trial in September 2023.

Simmonds, assigned to then-Democrat Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms’s Executive Protection Unit, was off-duty and wearing plain clothes at the time of the shooting.

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He was pumping gas at a Shell station near the intersection of McDaniel and Whitehall streets when he came into contact with Griffin.

According to police, Griffin hopped into the driver’s seat of Simmonds’ unmarked police SUV and attempted to drive away. Simmonds then fired his gun at Griffin, striking the teenager, who drove off in the vehicle before crashing shortly after.

Griffin died from the injuries he suffered in the incident.