The State - News from Feb. 24, 1989
A federal jury deliberated 30 minutes before deciding San Francisco Police Officer Michael Gaynor acted properly when he shot and killed a teen-ager who vandalized a candy machine in 1986. The jury rejected the $6-million damage claim by the family of 15-year-old Nesley Yip. The city maintained that Gaynor fired because he feared the youth was going to shoot first. The boy had pointed a realistic-looking toy gun at the officer.
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