St Joseph has reached a settlement with family members of a police officer who was killed in a training accident last year.

Tuesday night, the City Council approved a settlement worth $300,000 to the wife of officer Dan De Kraai.

Luara De Kraai will receive the settlement stemming from the incident last September when her husband was shot in the back. Her husband asked a fellow officer to shoot him with a training round so he would know what it felt like.

The investigation found officer Jason Strong had not realized he changed to his service weapon when he shot De Kraai in the back. Buchanan County prosecutor Dwight Scroggins decided not to charge Strong, ruling the death was an accident.