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INDIANAPOLIS — The city of Indianapolis released an undisclosed settlement Monday with the family of Aaron Bailey, the unarmed black man who was fatally shot by two IMPD officers in June 2017.

The settlement resolves a federal civil suit filed against the city of Indianapolis, the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, and Officers Carlton Howard and Michael Dinnsen by Bailey’s family in September.

The lawsuit argued that Howard and Dinnsen violated Bailey’s Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment rights by using excessive force against him after he fled a traffic stop.

A special prosecutor appointed to review the shooting found no cause to bring criminal charges against the officers, and both Carlton and Dinnsen were cleared to return to duty by the Indianapolis Civilian Police Merit Board in May – a rejection of Chief Bryan Roach’s recommendation that they be fired.

The details of the settlement were not immediately reported.

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