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Rylan Wilder and his attorney Tim Cavanagh speak during a press conference on Oct. 19, 2023. (WTTW News)

Attorneys for Rylan Wilder announced Thursday their client had settled with the city of Des Plaines, just as they were about to go to trial over claims that the officer’s actions were excessive and represented willful and wanton conduct.

Rylan Wilder and his mother, Lucia Morales. (Courtesy Vicky Rehberg / Cavanagh Law Group)

Fifteen-year-old Rylan Wilder remains hospitalized after he was shot last week as police trailed a bank robbery suspect in the Old Irving Park neighborhood.

Tom Wilder, center, and Lucia Morales, right, say they’re unsure if their son Rylan will ever regain full use of his arm after he was shot last week in an incident involving bank robbers and police. (Matt Masterson / WTTW News)

The family of Rylan Wilder, who was wounded last week during a confrontation between a bank robbery suspect and police, is suing that suspect and asking local police departments for more information about their son’s shooting.