Another scattergun lawsuit:
- The three children of a Chicago man who hung himself in a Chicago Police Department holding cell are suing the city for not properly monitoring their father, alleging the on-duty officers were aware of the man’s propensity to commit suicide.
The lawsuit, filed Thursday in Cook County Circuit Court, says 49-year-old Guillermo Villamil was arrested on Sept. 8 and placed in a lock-up facility in the Hansen Park neighborhood at 5555 W. Grand Ave.
He was placed alone in a cell and not monitored by police officers, the lawsuit said.
The suit makes this allegation:
- The lawsuit alleges police officers were aware of Villamil’s propensity to commit suicide and did not properly monitor him.