Lakecia Gant, as trustee for the next-of-kin of Raven Bianca Gant v. Daniel Ledman, in his ...

Syllabus

This case arises from the 2019 Thanksgiving Day fatal shooting of a woman by the father of her children. The two Minneapolis police officers who are defendants in this civil action were dispatched to and arrived at a home where the woman had reportedly struck the man during a domestic dispute. After knocking and receiving no response, the officers left the home, discovered an occupied stolen vehicle, and began investigating the vehicle theft. The man soon re-called 9-1-1 to report that he and the woman were still in the home. Within 22 minutes after that call and within 4 minutes after the dispatcher informed the officers that the man was refusing to let the woman leave, the man shot and killed the woman. The woman's mother sued the officers and the city, claiming wrongful death caused by the officers' allegedly negligent investigation after the first calls and negligent response after the next. She appeals the district court's official-immunity dismissal of her civil action for failure to state a claim. Because the officers are officially immune from liability for their discretionary acts and the city is consequently vicariously immune, we affirm.