The Chicago Police Department's Civilian Oversight Division is investigating an incident in which a police officer shot an unarmed 13-year-old boy who he believed was involved in a carjacking.
The boy is being treated in serious but stable condition at a local hospital.Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown said during a press conference yesterday, Thursday, that his police department is cooperating fully with the Civilian Office of Police Accountability (COPA).
Brown did not go into many details of the incident. All officers involved in the incident that occurred Wednesday night have been suspended.
According to the inspector, officers were pursuing a vehicle that had been used by the suspects in the theft of another car on Tuesday.
Police explained that four suspects stole a car on Tuesday in which a 3-year-old girl was inside. The girl's mother was holding onto the vehicle and would not let go, causing the suspects to drag her as they drove away in the car and she broke her collarbone when she fell to the ground. A few minutes later the suspects abandoned the car and the girl was found unharmed.
On Wednesday night police attempted to stop a vehicle that was used in the carjacking the day before. When the vehicle was stopped, a 13-year-old boy riding in it got out of the car and ran away. Officers followed it on foot.
One of the officers shot the boy when he turned toward them, Brown explained. The boy was shot once, but Brown declined to specify whether he was shot in the back, some local media reported.
[/P]COPA investigators said in a statement that they are in possession of video from the cameras brought in by the officers involved in the incident, as well as city security cameras and a video provided to them by a third party. The department explained that it cannot release the videos because a minor appears in them.
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