The city will pay $5.8 million to Lopez’s kids and their attorneys to settle a federal lawsuit over the police shooting of their father, who was also the cousin of Santa Ana City Councilman Johnathan Hernandez.

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The city will pay $5.8 million to Lopez’s kids and their attorneys to settle a federal lawsuit over the police shooting of their father, who was also the cousin of Santa Ana City Councilman Johnathan Hernandez.