By Kristina Davis
Sign On San Diego
SAN DIEGO, Calif. — A federal jury in San Diego sided with three sheriff’s deputies Thursday in two wrongful death lawsuits filed by the family of a Vista parolee who was shot in a confrontation in 2006.
After hearing about a week of testimony in U.S. District Court in San Diego, the jury deliberated for less than two hours before delivering their unanimous verdict in favor of the deputies — Shawn Aitken, Jacob Pavlenko and Jonathan Fecteau.
The trio were acting reasonably when they fatally shot gang member David Arnulfo Lopez, 27, following reports of domestic violence in the Vista Terraces Mobile Home Park on Oct. 21, 2006, the jury found.
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