Two police officers fired into a Jaguar-believed to be stolen-driven by O’Neal after he rammed a police vehicle and sideswiped a parked auto, according to police.
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Now an issue that the department and IPRA must address is whether officers followed department policy by shooting at the vehicle. Johnson did not release information about the officers, who were all wearing bodycams at the time.
Meanwhile, according to CBS, a 17-year-old boy was in the stolen Jaguar vehicle with O’Neal before the latter attempted to flee and was shot.
The wrongful death lawsuit claims that officers effectively “executed” O’Neal, who was a suspect in a auto theft.
A third officer got out of the auto and fired what was believed to be the fatal shot, according to WLS. O’Neal was driving the vehicle, which crashed into a police cruiser and then sideswiped another before two officers started shooting from inside their auto.
The Chicago police department is handling the investigation into the shooting with a transparency not seen in other police shootings. “So if it’s an honest mistake, then we will get them training, coaching, mentoring and get them back out there. But if it was intentional misconduct then they have to be held accountable for it”.
Many are criticizing the Chicago Police Department officers, for firing shots into a moving vehicle.
But he said that timeline is not appropriate for this shooting, especially when officers have already been disciplined for their actions.
It came amid a flurry of high-profile deaths of unarmed black men at the hands of police in recent years that have raised tensions between minority communities and law enforcement as well as renewed a debate about racial discrimination in the USA criminal justice system. Johnson eventually replaced him.
Although the incident remains under investigation, “it appears that departmental policies may have been violated by at least 2 of the police officers”, Guglielmi said in a statement.
The body camera of the Chicago police officer who fatally shot O’Neal did not record the incident when he opened fire, according to the department spokesman, Anthony Guglielmi.
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Last week, the Independent Police Review Authority (IRPA) ruled that Chicago police used unjustified force a year ago when they shot and wounded a black suspect in an alleged drug transaction who drove off in his auto when officers tried to stop him. The vehicle sideswiped a squad auto and also hit a vehicle parked on the street, he said. “It’s going to take a while to be able to view after downloading all the body camera footage as well as the in-car camera footage and whatever other video may be found during the canvass”. Chicago’s Police Review Authority is investigating. He said public video of officers, including the infamous clip of Officer Jason Van Dyke shooting Laquan McDonald 16 times, have directly led to charges, and could in this case as well.
