COURT DISMISSES VAN DYKE’S APPEAL IN MCDONALD CASE
Former Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke’s appeal of his 2018 conviction for killing 17-year-old
Laquan McDonald was dismissed Friday.
Illinois’ First District
Appellate Court made the ruling Friday at Van
Dyke’s request.
In 2018, Van Dyke was convicted of second-degree murder and
16 counts of aggravated battery with a firearm in McDonald’s death.
Van Dyke was sentenced to 6 years and 9 months in prison for killing McDonald in 2014. After responding to a disturbance call in the 4100 block of South Pulaski Road on Oct. 20, 2014, Van Dyke shot McDonald 16 times. Most of the shots he fired were after McDonald fell to the ground.
Van Dyke’s attorney filed a motion with the court last month asking his appeal to be dropped.
“Mr. Van Dyke’s decision prevents additional years of litigation, bringing finality to the thorough prosecution of this case in which his rights were protected and justice was served,” said Kane County State’s Attorney Joe McMahon.
3-year-old boy with gunshot wound dropped off at hospital in Roseland
A 3-year-old boy was shot and dropped off at a hospital Friday in Roseland on the Far South Side, officials said.
The boy was taken about 2:45 p.m. to Roseland Community Hospital with a gunshot wound, Chicago Fire officials said. The child’s condition was not immediately known.
Officers met with a 23-year-old woman at the hospital who said the boy had been shot in the foot, but the circumstances of the shooting were unclear, Chicago police said.