gb c New nork gimes Chicago Officer, Citing Emotional Trauma, Sues Estate of Teenager He Fatally Shot Janet Cooksey, embraced of the funeral of her son, Quintonio LeGrier last January. The police officer who fatally shot Mr. LeGrier in December filled a lawsuit seeking more than $10 million in damages from the teenager's estate for "extreme emotional troma." By MITCH SMITH: FEB. 7, 2016 CHICAGO — The Chicago police officer who fatally shot a black 19-year-old and an unarmed bystander in December has filed a lawsuit seeking more than $10 million in damages from the teenager's estate, an unusual legal approach based on a claim that the young man's actions leading up to the gunfire were "atrocious" and have caused the officer "extreme emotional trauma." The lawsuit provides the first public explanation by the officer, Robert Rialmo, of what happened on Dec. 26 when he confronted Quintonio LeGrier, a college student who Officer Rialmo said was wielding a baseball bat. Mr. LeGrier and his neighbor Bettie Jones, 55, who the police said was an innocent bystander, both died after Officer Rialmo fired several shots. The shooting, which is under investigation, further strained relations between the Chicago Police Department and African-American residents just weeks after another Chicago officer was charged with murder and as the Justice Department was beginning a broad review of Chicago police practices. Basileios J. Foutris, a lawyer for Mr. LeGrier's estate, called the lawsuit "nonsense" and said Officer Rialmo's account of what had happened was "pure fantasy." "It's a new low for the Chicago Police Department," Mr. Foutris said. "First you shoot them, then you sue them. It's outrageous. I can't believe that this police officer has the temerity to turn around and sue the estate of the person who he killed." 1 age of 2 EFTA01092122