Federal judge vacates verdict that awarded $32 million to family of Benton teen killed by police

April 9, 2024 at 8:55 p.m.

by Dale Ellis

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/STATON BREIDENTHAL --5/22/17-- Piper Partridge with a photo of her son, Keagan Schweikle, 17, who was shot and killed by the Benton Police Department.
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/STATON BREIDENTHAL --5/22/17-- Piper Partridge with a photo of her son, Keagan Schweikle, 17, who was shot and killed by the Benton Police Department.


A federal judge has overturned a $32 million jury award to the family of a Benton teen who was shot and killed by a Benton police officer in 2016 as the boy stood next to the Saline River in a wooded area near his home.

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