Not only was First Deputy Superintendent John Escalante on the scene speaking to the media, but investigators from the Independent Police Review Authority, which investigates police misconduct cases and officer-involved shootings, arrived and obtained footage from cameras that the officers were wearing or were mounted on their squad cars.
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Another man who was shot by Chicago police, after he drove off in his vehicle as officers tried to stop him a year ago, said on Monday he wants the officers fired from the department, days after the IPRA issued a rare finding that the shooting was unjustified.
CPD spokesman Anthony Guglielmi confirmed the officer-involved shooting but no other details were released as of 8:20 p.m.
Authorities have identified the man shot to death by Chicago police during a stolen vehicle investigation late Thursday.
Paul O’Neal, 18, of the 1700 block of East 70th Street in Chicago was pronounced dead at 9:08 p.m., according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office.
Officers had stopped the vehicle near 7400 S. Merrill Ave. after it had been spotted in several parts of Chicago earlier in the day, police said. A teenage boy in the auto was taken to an area hospital where he died, police said.
Chicago Police have “quite a few questions” after officers fatally shot a man driving a stolen auto, and investigators have retrieved body cameras and cameras on squad auto dashboards to determine whether officers followed the department’s deadly force policy when they opened fire on the fleeing vehicle. Some of the officers involved sustained minor injuries during the incident. It was requested by a coalition of community groups, attorneys and McDonald’s family.
O’Neal’s friend, Lamon Reccord, expressed frustration with the situation in Chicago, saying, “This is the 13th brother I’ve lost to gun violence, by the police or black on black crime”.
Separately, an attorney for McDonald’s mother is fighting the release of her son’s juvenile records to Van Dyke’s attorneys. The suspect shot at three other officers during an ensuing chase.
The suspect was convicted and sentenced to life in prison. Reccord wrote. “Don’t sit here and say, “The police got a thug off the streets” because he is just like anyone else!”
The United States has been embroiled for the past two years in a debate over excessive use of force by police against black men and women.
A judge acquitted Evans of charges related to Williams in December.
IPRA officials didn’t immediately respond to an email seeking comment on the lawsuit.
Evans’ attorney said in a statement that “shooting victims and police alike deserve a fair and honest investigation”. Two officers then fired their weapons at the Jaguar, police said.
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“As of now, the two officers have been relieved of their police powers and will be assigned to administrative positions within the agency pending the outcome of IPRA’s investigation and our continuing internal administrative review”, Guglielmi said.
