Gun store found liable for negligence in shooting, ordered to pay cops more than $5 million

Bryan Norberg and Graham Kunisch.
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Jurors found a West Milwaukee gun store liable for negligence Tuesday, and ordered it to pay nearly $6 million to two officers shot on duty.

Kunisch, who was shot multiple times, lost an eye, and sustained a brain injury, said he had to retire because of the incident. Jurors ordered Badger Guns to pay Kunisch $3.6 million and Norberg $1.5 million, in addition to $730,000 in punitive damages.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.