The family of Jose de la Trinidad will receive a settlement worth millions of dollars from the Los Angeles County.

Los Angeles police officers shot an unarmed de la Trinidad dead during a routine traffic stop more than two years ago.

In a unanimous vote on Tuesday, April 7 the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors agreed to pay the de la Trinidad family $5.3 million for the shooting death of Jose de la Trinidad, 36, in November of 2012, according to the Los Angeles Times.

On that November night, de la Trinidad and his brother Francisco were returning from his niece's quinceañera when officers Angel Grandes and Alexandro Gonzalez stopped them. De la Trinidad stepped out of the car and Francisco drove away in the car, according to a NBC Los Angeles report from 2013.

The officers allegedly opened fire on de la Trinidad believing his brother had handed the man a firearm, and, according to the officers, de la Trinidad reached for his waistband. The autopsy report found that de la Trinidad was shot seven times and was hit in the back. He died at the scene.

The Los Angeles Times reported that a witness said de la Trinidad did put his hands in the air.

The decision to settle would save the county more legal fees and would prevent them from going to trial. Back in 2013, the de la Trinidad family sued the county for $15 million in damages, reported CBS Los Angeles at the time.

As the county supervisors decided on whether to reward the family with the money, a protest formed outside the Hall of Administrators with more than 300 people gathering with coffin-shaped signs, symbolizing the 617 people who have been shot by police in the county since 2000, reports the Los Angeles Times.

Among the protesters was Rosie de la Trinidad, Jose's widow, and their two daughters. The protests organizers said it was coincidence that the Board of Supervisors was deciding at the same time whether to award the family the money.

In 2014, the district attorney's investigation found the officers had "acted in lawful self-defense and defense of another when they used deadly force."

"It's absolutely shameful ... a black eye for the D.A.'s office," said Arnoldo Casillas, the family's attorney, on Tuesday, calling the supervisors' settlement "a hollow victory."