Video appears to show Chicago police shooting Adam Toledo, 13, as he raised his hands
Video appears to show Chicago police shooting Adam Toledo, 13, as he raised his hands
Chicago mayor urges calm in the city as body-cam footage of fatal shooting of Toledo is released for first time Body camera video footage released for the first time on Thursday appears to show a Chicago police officer fatally shooting Adam Toledo, a 13-year-old, as he raised his hands into the air.
The footage has ignited fresh outrage in the city where Toledo was shot last month. On Thursday, Chicago’s mayor, Lori Lightfoot, stood alongside Latino community leaders and called for calm.
Lightfoot, her voice breaking while speaking at a press conference before the footage was released to the public, described the video as “incredibly difficult to watch, particularly at the end” and said “we failed Adam”.
Toledo was shot and killed by police on 29 March following a foot pursuit by officers.
At the time of the shooting, Toledo was with Ruben Roman, 21, who has been charged with several felonies in connection to that night including child endangerment and reckless discharge of a firearm.
The authorities had initially indicated that Toledo had a gun in his hand as he turned towards officers during the chase, after failing to obey commands to stop.
But video released on Thursday showed Toledo stopping as the officer shouts after him, turning and putting his hands up, with no sign of any weapon. The boy is then shot in the chest by the officer from a short distance away.
The officer was identified on Thursday as Eric Stillman, 34, a white man who has been with the department since August 2015.
