APPLETON, Wis. (WBAY) - A federal judge has dismissed a federal civil lawsuit filed by the family of a man killed by an Appleton Police officer more than eight years ago.

Lieutenant Jay Steinke shot 33-year-old Jimmie Sanders at Jack’s Apple Pub in May 2017.

Steinke was responding to reports of gunshots inside the bar. He shot and wounded the man who fired a gun, Henry Nellum, but a stray shot also struck Sanders, a bystander who was not involved.

Steinke was not charged in the shooting. An investigation concluded he was being pushed by people running from the bar but had no other options to stop an immediate threat and stopped his use of force as soon as he could.

Sander’s estate filed a federal wrongful death lawsuit against the officer in 2020. The family argues Steinke did not hear

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