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Proposed settlement for injured police trainee in dispute

BALTIMORE (AP) — A lawyer for a police trainee who lost his eye after being accidentally shot during a training exercise says a proposed $200,000 settlement is not enough.

The Daily Record of Baltimore (bit.ly/21T9LwU) reports that the Baltimore City Board of Estimates is expected consider the proposed settlement for Raymond Gray on Wednesday.

But A. Dwight Pettit, Gray’s attorney, says “it’s not a real settlement offer,” noting that Gray’s medical bills have already surpassed $800,000.

Gray was training to become a University of Maryland police officer three years ago when an instructor mistakenly used a live weapon to demonstrate the danger of standing in a line of fire.

The city says $200,000 is the most Gray could recover under state law, but his attorney notes that the cap has been waived before.

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Information from: The Daily Record of Baltimore, http://www.thedailyrecord.com

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