Jury awards $20M to family of man shot by security guard in Portland parking lot

An armed guard shot and killed Freddy Nelson Jr. in a North Portland Lowe’s parking lot in 2021. His wife sued the property owners and their hired security firm.

PORTLAND, Ore. — A jury on Monday awarded $20 million to the family of Freddy Nelson Jr., who was fatally shot in a confrontation with a security guard in the parking lot of a Lowe’s Home Improvement in North Portland in 2021.

The guard, Logan Gimbel, was convicted of second-degree murder last year and received a life sentence in prison.

Nelson Jr.’s widow, Kari Nelson, also filed a $25 million lawsuit against Gimbel, property manager

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