City to Settle in Police Chief’s Murder-Suicide
Tacoma has agreed to pay $3 million to the family of a woman who was shot to death by her police chief husband, and officials said the final package could total several million more.
Lane and Patty Judson, the parents of Crystal Brame, said this month that they would drop their wrongful-death claim demand for $75 million and accept whatever the city’s insurance would cover under conditions, including the establishment of a domestic violence counseling program for city employees.
David Brame shot his wife, then committed suicide April 26.
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