Overview
- A federal jury, which reached a unanimous verdict Tuesday after a six-day trial, found the 2021 shooting excessive and awarded Garcia’s family $17 million.
- Body-camera video shows Garcia stepping from bushes with a bag of recyclables and a stick, getting tased, and then being shot.
- The California Department of Justice earlier declined criminal charges, citing insufficient evidence under the higher beyond‑a‑reasonable‑doubt standard.
- The City of Tustin says officers acted in self-defense and will review its options following the civil verdict.
- No knife was recovered at the scene, and the family’s lawyers say Garcia was unarmed and running away when he was shot.