SAN JOSE, Calif. -- A jury Monday awarded $11 million to a man paralyzed last year in a shooting by a San Jose police officer, according to court filings.

Hung Lam, a 38-year-old Vietnamese-American, was holding a knife but only threatening to hurt himself when he was shot in the back by Officer Dondi West on Jan. 3, 2014, according to the complaint filed last year, reports CBS San Francisco.