April 12, 2019 - 1:09 PM
BOSTON - The Boston school system has been sued by a former student who was shot in the head by a dean at a high school who had recruited him to deal drugs.
WGBH-FM reported Thursday that Luis Angel Rodriguez is asking for $5 million.
The federal suit says the district's negligence led to "severe emotional distress, psychiatric injury, facial scarring, facial paralysis, hearing loss and other injuries."
Rodriguez was shot in 2015 by Shaun Harrison, a dean of English High School.
Prosecutors say Harrison recruited Rodriguez to sell pot, but was apparently upset over poor sales.
Harrison was convicted in June of assault with intent to murder and other charges and sentenced to as many as 26 years in prison.
A schools spokesman says the district does not comment on pending litigation.
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