Chicago releases graphic video of police shooting teenage boy
Police also release a still frame of what appeared a handgun in Toledo hand
Chicago officials on Thursday released to the public a graphic body-camera video showing a police officer shooting and killing a 13-yearold boy while he appeared to be raising his hands in an alley more than two weeks ago.
The nine-minute video from Eric Stillman’s body camera showed the 34-year-old officer getting out of his squad car and running after Adam Toledo in an alley at 2:30am on March 29 in Little Village, a Mexican neighbourhood on the citys West Side.
The video then showed Stillman yelling “Stop” to Toledo before he caught up to him and ordered him to show his hands.
Toledo appeared to raise his hands right before Stillman fired one shot and then ran to the boy as he fell to the ground.
“Shots fired, shots fired. Get an ambulance over here now,” the police officer is heard saying in the video. “Stay with me, stay with me” Stillman said. “Somebody bring the medical kit now!” The Chicago Police Department said immediately following the incident that Toledo had a gun in his hand. The release of the video was likely to rattle a nation already on edge over issues of policing, justice and race relations.
Chicago’s Civilian Office of Police Accountability also released some 33 data files, including other police bodycamera videos, footage from nearby security cameras and documents related to the March
29 incident. One of the documents identified Stillman, who has been on the force for six years, as the officer who shot and killed Toledo. He has been placed on administrative duty.
The Chicago Police Department also released part of the same video on its website on Thursday. The department placed an arrow on a still frame, pointing to what appeared to be a handgun in Toledo’s right hand before Stillman opened fire.