{"id":1642,"date":"2026-03-02T22:18:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T22:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/2026\/03\/rajon-belt-stubblefield-family-files-lawsuit-against-city-of-aurora\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T22:18:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T22:18:21","slug":"rajon-belt-stubblefield-family-files-lawsuit-against-city-of-aurora","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/2026\/03\/rajon-belt-stubblefield-family-files-lawsuit-against-city-of-aurora\/","title":{"rendered":"Rajon Belt-Stubblefield Family Plans Lawsuit Against City Of Aurora, CO For 2025 Police Involved Shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Rajon Belt-Stubblefield was fatally shot by an Aurora, Colorado police officer named Matthew Neely in August 2025. He was stopped by Neely for a potential DUI, but fled in his vehicle before crashing into several parked vehicles at a busy intersection, according to Denver7. Despite being ordered to the ground at gun point, Belt-Stubblefield allegedly walked away from the officer before being approached for arrest. During that physical altercation, it was reported that the 37-year-old tossed a firearm into the grass before allegedly telling his 18-year-old son, Zion Murphy, to \u201cget that s\u2013t\u201d to which the officer responded, \u201cGet away from that f\u2014ing gun.\u201d The unarmed Belt-Stubblefield is said to have begun approaching the officer, before being told, \u201cGet on the ground. I\u2019ll shoot you.\u201d Stubbfield was then shot multiple times, twice in the body and once in the head.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This all happened within 50 seconds, from first contact to death.<\/p>\n

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The Denver Pos<\/em>t<\/a> reports that on Monday, Belt-Stubblefield\u2019s family notified the city of Aurora that they will be filing a lawsuit.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\u201cNo child should ever have to witness that,\u201d said Erica Murphy, Zion Murphy\u2019s mother. \u201cNo child should have to carry the trauma for the rest of their life. Rajon was more than a headline. He was more than a police report. He was a father. He was loved. He mattered.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

In the lawsuit notice, family lawyer Milo Schwab tells a very different story from the one that officer Neely put forth. Schwab says that Neely immediately pointed his gun at Belt-Stubblefield after the car collision. Schwab also claims that Neely attempted to take down Belt-Stubblefield by the neck but fell to the ground in the process.<\/p>\n

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Neely then followed Belt-Stubblefield, shoved him in the back and then as Belt-Stubblefield turned to speak to his son Neely \u201csuckerpunched Mr. Belt-Stubblefield in the back of the head, causing Mr. Belt-Stubblefield to put his fists up to protect his head,\u201d the notice of claim stated.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Moreover, the city has had no contact with the family since the shooting and officer Neely has not faced any disciplinary action, alleges the attorney. <\/p>\n

If Aurora, Colorado rings a bell, it is because they have paid out several Black families for wrongful death lawsuits, including $15 million to the family of Elijah McClain<\/a> who police killed in 2019. The city also paid out $2.6 million to the family of Naeschylus Carter-Vinzant, another unarmed Black man who was gunned down by police. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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