Caution: The videos are graphic and may be disturbing to some
Chicago officials released body cam video of the fatal shooting of an armed teenaged suspect, Adam Toledo, who ran from police in an incident last month.
The incident started around 2:30am on March 29 when police responded to reports of multiple gunshots.
When Adam and a man who was with him, Ruben Roman, ran from police, an officer chased Adam down and ordered him to stop. Adam, holding a firearm in his right hand, turned and the officer shot him. It's unclear at what point in the encounter Adam dropped his weapon, but he appears to briefly raise his hands as the fatal shot is fired.
Police say Adam had gun residue on his hands and that the gun was a Ruger 9MM.
The police report does not specify whether Adam, who was in seventh grade, had allegedly fired his weapon in the incident that led to police reporting to the scene, or what that incident was about, prior to him running from police. According to reports, Roman had fired the 9MM weapon while Adam was holding it.
A man by the name of Ruben Roman had been arrested previously in 2019 and charged with a felony count of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon.
Police have reported that the Ruben Roman who was with Adam the night of the shooting already had a felony record for aggravated unlawful use of a weapon and was on probation.
Chicago has strong gun control laws, but authorities say Adam did not possess the gun legally.
The videos are published below:
https://www.chicagocopa.org/case/2021-1112/
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Everyone of these deaths are avoidable! STOP RESISTING! Everyone of these incidents criminals so let’s stop sugar coating it! The media won’t tell us but we all know what’s really happening! Our poor police are being victimized and it’s. Only a matter of time before They say ENOUGH! Can anyone blame them?
I am not defending some of the actions but think in terms of other people. Doctors kill more people than the police do. The difference is they for the most part don't have to make split second decisions (except in trauma and most people would never dispute their actions). But rarely are they held accountable for their mistakes. Also, why is it perfectly acceptable for inner city African Americans to kill each other my the thousands. It seems like if you could attack that situation you would have less overall deaths .
Put yourself in the polices shoes. You have less than 5 seconds to make a decision that if you make the wrong one you are dead or your life is ruined by BLM or the media.