Boston Pays $5 Million to Slain Student’s Family
Boston paid $5.1 million to the parents of a college student who was killed by a pepper-spray pellet fired by police trying to quell rioters after the Boston Red Sox won the pennant last fall.
Victoria Snelgrove, a 21-year-old Emerson College senior, died hours after she was hit in the eye with the projectile outside Fenway Park on Oct. 21. The crowd was celebrating Boston’s victory over the New York Yankees.
“I am hopeful the settlement recognizes the tremendous loss to them and represents our acceptance in the role the police played in that tragedy,” Police Commissioner Kathleen O’Toole said.
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