ST. LOUIS - Trey Cockrell filed a federal complaint on October 20 in the Eastern District of Missouri that alleges excessive force.
Cockrell alleges that on Nov. 20, 2018, at approximately 11:42 p.m., he was shot by members of the St. Louis County Police Department after he fled his passenger seat during a traffic stop.
He alleges the defendants failed to properly train, supervise, screen, discipline, transfer, counsel or otherwise control officers who are known, or who should have been known, to engage in the use of excessive force and/or deadly force, including those officers repeatedly accused of such acts.
Cockrell also alleges that all Defendants consciously violated his civil rights.
Other defendants include Brentwood police officers, the city's police department, Richmond Heights Police Department and the Clayton Police Department.
Cockrell seeks compensatory damages, special damages, attorney's fees and cost of suit. Cockrell is represented by Jaime Santana.
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri case number 4:21-cv-01260