CLEVELAND (WCMH) — The city of Cleveland filed a claim against the estate of Tamir Rice, the 12-year-old fatally shot by police in 2014, seeking $500 in reimbursement for the ambulance ride.
The claim was filed Wednesday afternoon in the Cuyahoga County Probate Court.
The claim reads:
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE
that the City of Cleveland (“Creditor”), located at 601 Lakeside Avenue, Room 122, Cleveland, Ohio 44114, has a claim against the Estate of Tamir Rice in the amount of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), see Exhibit A, which is past due and owing for emergency medical services rendered as the decedent’s last dying expense under Ohio Revised Code §2117.25(A)(5). This notice constitutes a presentation of a creditor’s claim pursuant to Ohio Revised Code §2117.06.
Rice was shot by Officer Timothy Loehman in November of 2014. Loehman claimed he thought the pellet gun in Rice’s hand was the real thing.
A grand jury in December decided not to indict Loehman or his partner in connection with the shooting.
“The Rice family is disturbed by the city’s behavior,” Rice family attorney Subodh Chandra said in a statement to NBC affiliate WKYC.
“The callousness, insensitivity, and poor judgment required for the city to send a bill – its own police officers having slain 12-year-old Tamir – is breathtaking,” Chandra said in the statement. “This adds insult to homicide. The Rice family considers this a form of harassment.”
The city is seeking $450 for ambulance advance life support and $50 for mileage.
