Family of Aiyana Jones, girl killed by DPD officer, reaches $8.25M settlement with city

The family of Aiyana Jones, the 7-year-old girl accidentally killed by a Detroit police officer during a raid in 2010, has reached settlement with the city of Detroit. 7 Action News has learned that the settlement is for $8.25 million and was announced just days before the civil trial was supposed to begin. Prominent Detroit Attorney Geoffrey Fieger took up the civil case on behalf of the family and was expected to hold a press conference earlier this week, but the conference had been canceled. We'll be speaking with Fieger on Thursday afternoon.