Flagstaff has agreed to a $225,000 settlement for the family of a 78-year-old man killed by police as he held his son at bay with a shotgun. Kenneth Mitchell was holding the gun to his son’s head after the son had assaulted his mother with a knife in August 2010 Officer Roy Taylor opened fire, thinking he was stopping an execution. The Arizona Daily Sun reported city officials said Friday they agreed to settle at request of their insurance carrier. They reiterated their support for the officer’s decision to use lethal force. The city will pay $50,000 toward attorney costs and insurance will cover the settlement. The family filed a $5 million lawsuit in March 2011. The 33-year-old son was sentenced to three years’ probation for attempted assault…..

All the son got was three years probation?!:! for trying to kill his mother and causing the death of his almost 80 year old father??!!! And the family SUED?? The poor cop that was right to shoot because he thought he needed to save a boy from a madman father, only to discover the boy was the madman?? This son must be a monster!! This is no KID. Who would let him off with probation?? Is this sad or what?? Not right that the family SUED – they may not have raised the kid to be a monster but he is and they should do their best to not ruin more lives than their own.