City of Vallejo to pay $5M to family of rapper killed by police, Willie McCoy
The City of Vallejo has agreed to pay $5 million to settle a lawsuit filed by the family of Willie McCoy, who was shot and killed by six Vallejo Police Department officers at a Taco Bell drive through in 2019. McCoy, a rapper, was 20 at the time of his death. Officers fired 55 shots in a matter of just 3.5 seconds at a sleeping McCoy, who was inside a silver Mercedes that was still in driving gear.