A high-ranking police captain claims in a lawsuit Jan. 4 against the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) and a city-affiliated gun store that he and his family suffered trauma during a search of his home. LAPD Capt. Jonathan Tom, of the West LA Division, also alleges in the lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court that a February 2021 search of his home was racially motivated. The search was part of an investigation into the theft of several firearms from a gun store located inside the Los Angeles Police Revolver and Athletic Club, according to Tom’s attorney, Bradley Gage. The club has served LAPD officers for more than 85 years as a training facility and retail firearms store. According to his attorney, Tom filled out paperwork while purchasing firearms at the store, but that paperwork was not completed properly. “My client was tricked and defrauded because of this false paperwork,” …