The Brief Opening statements begin Wednesday in a lawsuit filed by the parents of Houston Tipping, an LAPD officer who died after a 2022 training exercise. The city of Los Angeles faces a high-stakes trial today as opening statements begin in a wrongful death lawsuit involving the 2022 death of Los Angeles Police Department Officer Houston Tipping. Timeline:May 2022: Houston Tipping sustains a spinal cord injury during a department training exercise and dies three days later. January 29, 2026: Opening statements are scheduled to begin at 10:30 a.m. in Department 68 of the Stanley Mosk Courthouse. What's next:The trial is expected to feature testimony regarding LAPD training protocols and internal affairs records related to the alleged sexual assault investigation.