BOY, 13, SHOT DEAD BY COP

CHICAGO: Authorities in Chicago released police body camera footage showing an officer shooting dead a 13year-old Latino boy, as the mayor of America’s thirdlargest city appealed for calm over the “excruciating” video.

The shocking footage shows teenager Adam Toledo running from officers in the small hours of March 29 and then being hit with a single shot to the chest as he stops and raises his hands.

Prosecutors say he was armed, although no weapon is visible in the video.

Tensions over racism and policing are already high in the US as nearby Minneapolis hosts the trial of a white former policeman charged with murdering black man George Floyd.