Neighbors react to decision to fire 4 HPD officers following Nicolas Chavez shooting
HOUSTON – The family of a man who was killed in an officer-involved on April 21, 2020, has filed a $100 million civil lawsuit Tuesday, according to Sean Roberts, the family’s attorney.
The lawsuit follows a day after Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo announced his departure from the department. Acevedo was sworn in Monday morning as Miami’s new top cop.
The lawsuit lists Chavez’s three minor children, his parents, Joaquin and Leantha Chavez, and wife, Jessica Chavez, as plaintiffs. Alongside the Houston Police Department, the lawsuit also names the city of Houston, all five officers involved in the shooting -- Luis Alvarado, Benjamin LeBlanc, Kevin Nguyen, Omar Tapia, and Patrick Rubio -- as individual defendants.