A gunfight with bank robbers caused six police officers emotional distress, so they're suing the bad guys for damages.
The lawsuit names the estate of William Scott Scurlock, who died of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound the day after the robbery, and his accomplices, Steve Paul Meyers, 47, and Mark John Biggins, 42.Meyers and Biggins, arrested in the early stages of the Nov. 27 shootout in a North Seattle neighborhood, pleaded guilty to federal bank-robbery charges in the $1 million heist. The loot was recovered and sentencing was set for May 12.
The lawsuit, filed last week by six members of the Puget Sound Violent Crime Task Force, alleges "extreme and outrageous" behavior by the robbers.
"They are not doing this for the money," attorney Lincoln Sieler, who represents the plaintiffs, said Wednesday. The suit seeks unspecified damages.