The family of a man who was shot and killed by a Walgreens security guard after being suspected of shoplifting believes he was targeted for being Black and gay. The family of Jonathan Hart have filed a wrongful death lawsuit.
The lawsuit, which was filed with the Los Angeles County Superior Court on April 26 by Hart’s twin sister Psykyssyanna, claims the 21-year-old was “maliciously, wrongfully, intentionally, negligently and/or carelessly” shot and killed in December 2018 by Donald Vincent Ciota II,