Report: Family of man killed by police receives $1.1M

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Tuesday, May 24, 2016
Family of man, 95, killed by beanbag gun files suit
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PARK FOREST, Ill. (WLS) -- More than a million dollars is on the way to the family of John Wrana Jr, the 95-year-old man who was killed by an officer with a beanbag gun in Park Forest.[br /][br /]The [url HREF="http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-beanbag-death-lawsuit-st-0524-20160523-story.html[br /]" TARGET="_blank" REL="nofollow"]Daily Southtown reports[/url] Wrana's stepdaughter is getting $1.1 million in a wrongful death settlement with the city.[br /][Ads /][br /]The elderly man was killed by police in 2013 after refusing to drop a knife at an assisted living facility.[br /][br /]