An elderly man that shot the mother of a child prodigy, because he felt the child deserved a better education, died after being shot and killed by police. The child, protecting her mother from death by covering her mother's body with her own during the shooting, has been awarded a settlement, as reported by Yahoo News.
On January 17, 2011, G.S. was shot five times. G.S.'s 19 year-old daughter, P.P., sustained injuries when she tried to stop their attacker, T.K., from firing any more bullets.
T.K., 81, was shot and killed by police, as he also raised his gun toward them.
Mother and daughter filed a lawsuit against T.K.'s estate for physical, emotional and punitive damages. The settlement was approved in probate court by Judge Linda Babb in Pasco County, Fla. The terms are not yet released.
Attorney Jason Armstrong, representing G.S. and P.P., said, "I would say that as much as people can be compensated by money after they've been shot and protected their mother's life, it's satisfactory. But really, how is a person satisfied under those circumstances?"
In 2005, when P.P. was 13 years old, she became the youngest person to ever graduate from Montana State University.
In 2007, T.K., retired and living in New Port Richey, contacted G.S. and P.P. to offer them $9,000 after they were involved in a car accident. The pair accepted T.K.'s monetary gift, however, he began to badger them.
According to the lawsuit T.K. was referring to himself as P.P.'s "pappoulis", a Greek term that translates to "little grandfather." T.K. claimed that P.P. was too good to attend Montana State and instead should leave home for an Ivy League education.
T.K.'s ideas about P.P.'s schooling allegedly led him to surmise that G.S. was trying to keep P.P. close to home. Due to the badgering G.S.'s attorney sent T.K. a letter asking him to have no further contact with the two.
On January 12, 2011 T.K. drove himself from Florida to Montana to see P.P. The young girl responded by taking out a no-stalking order against T.K.
Ignoring the order T.K. drove to the family's home on January 17. After crashing through their fence G.S. heard the noise and came outside to investigate. T.K. then shot G.S. in the neck – at point-blank range – and proceeded to shoot her four more times as she lay on the ground.
While T.K. was calling G.S. names, in both Greek and English, P.P. telephoned 911. P.P. screamed at T.K. to stop shooting, and when he failed to respond, P.P. protected her mother's body by covering it up with her own.
T.K. retreated to his vehicle. However, before he drove off he threw out a bag – that held $720 in cash and a document that told P.P. that she had a trust fund that would pay her up to $50,000 a year.
There were two stipulations of the alleged fund: P.P. had to use the money for one of the 10 colleges T.K. had chosen for her, and her mother had to die.
If someone has hurt you, whether or not the person is still alive, you can still file a lawsuit. Contact a personal injury lawyer for help right away!