Editing Rohnert Park, California (section)

====Shooting of Kuanchung Kao====
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On April 29, 1997, Kuanchung Kao was waving a wooden stick in the street in front of his driveway. When some neighbors called 911, two officers, Jack Shields and Mike Lynch, responded. Shields shot Kao once in the chest. Shields stated that he believed Kao was waving the stick in a [[martial arts]] fashion, and that he and Lynch had to respond by using deadly force. The incident was investigated by the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office, the Sonoma County District Attorney's Office, and [[FBI]], who all cleared Shields. Kao's family and attorney [[John Burris]] filed a lawsuit against the city of Rohnert Park, and received a settlement of $1 million in 2001.