The fatal May shooting of an unarmed woman in a stolen vehicle in the Bayview that led directly to the resignation of SFPD Chief Greg Suhr has now led to a wrongful death lawsuit against the department and the officer who fired the fatal shot. As KRON 4 reports, the family of 29-year-old Jessica Williams has filed the suit claiming that Williams's constitutional rights were violated when she was shot by Sgt. Justin Erb on May 19.

Perhaps anticipating that such a suit might be coming, the SFPD has yet to release any report on the shooting in the five months since, and have not explained why Erb fired the fatal shot into the vehicle Williams was driving. Accounts of the incident suggest that Williams had been trying to flee police, and the car became wedged between a parked truck and a fence prior to the shot being fired.

Last month we learned from an autopsy that Williams had methamphetamine and another amphetamine in her system, and she had been homeless for a considerable amount of time.

Spokeman for the SF city attorney's office, John Coté, has not commented directly on the suit, but per the Chronicle he has maintained that Erb's use of deadly force was necessary because Williams had allegedly accelerated the vehicle in the direction of one of the officers on the scene.

Following the shooting, as the Chronicle explains, the Police Commission tightened its policy around shooting at suspects in vehicles, saying the use of lethal force is only "if the driver threatens to use another deadly weapon" while in a moving vehicle.

The lawsuit, filed in US District Court on behalf of family member Carol Walker (possibly Williams's mother), seeks unspecified damages.

This suit follows on a similar wrongful death suit filed this month by the family of Luis Gongora, who was also fatally shot by the SFPD one month prior.

Related: Autopsy Released For Jessica Williams, Unarmed Woman Shot By SFPD