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The settlement, coming after a $10 million claim was filed in 2020, comes just weeks after the council settled another case related to a police shooting.
Phoenix approves a $39M new police body camera contract as questions about their effects remain uncertain.
Officers responded to the Cocreham family residence near the intersection of Indian School Road and 22nd Street in October 2020.
The family of brothers George and Emmett Cocreham, killed in a police shootout in 2020, has settled a lawsuit with Phoenix City Council for $1 million.
Phoenix Police say George pointed a gun at officers, who then fired, killing both brothers.