HOME-INVASION DEATH SUIT SETTLED

A federal civil lawsuit filed against a Clearlake homeowner who shot
and killed two home invaders in 2005 has been settled, his insurance
company reported.

The amount and details of the settlement are confidential, said Liz
Christopher, a spokeswoman for Allied Insurance.

The wrongful-death lawsuit was filed by the parents of Rashad
Williams and Christian Foster, who were shot and killed as they fled
the home of Shannon Edmonds and Lori Tyler.

The incident ignited controversy and drew national media attention
when the dead men's friend, Renato Hughes of San Francisco, was
charged with murder for their deaths.

Hughes subsequently was convicted of a lesser charge
of participating in the home invasion robbery, which left Tyler's
teenage son permanently disabled.

The parents of Williams and Foster filed a civil lawsuit, claiming
Edmonds, who had a prescription for medical marijuana, was selling
pot and other drugs from his home. They claimed the young men, both
24, were at the house, ostensibly to buy marijuana, when a fight broke out.