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COPA releases video, materials related to fatal shooting of 13-year-old Adam Toledo
On Thursday afternoon, COPA released video footage and materials related to the death of 13-year-old Adam Toledo at the hands of Chicago police.
Chicago's police oversight agency on Thursday released bodycam and third-party video of police fatally shooting 13-year-old Adam Toledo this March in Little Village.
The Civilian Office of Police Accountability has been pressured by community activists, Mayor Lori Lightfoot and others to release the footage since authorities identified him four days after his death.
PDF: Original Case Report for Adam Toledo shooting (redacted)
The Toledo family was allowed to view the video along with other materials related to the shooting Tuesday before it was released publically.
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Lightfoot on Thursday said she had viewed the police body camera videos of the fatal police shooting of Toledo, calling them "excruciating" to watch. She urged the public to remain peaceful following the videos release.
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"I want to be respectful of family, but I do also think a police-involved shooting, particularly under these circumstances, it’s important for us to be transparent," the mayor said.
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Mayor Lightfoot speaks on videos of Adam Toledo shooting: ‘Incredibly difficult to watch’
Mayor Lori Lightfoot joined community leaders for a press conference ahead of the video release of the Adam Toledo shooting by Chicago police.
Prosecutors on Saturday released new details about the night that Toledo was killed, saying he had a gun and gunshot residue on his hand.
Ruben Roman, 21, who was with Toledo that night in Little Village, gave officers a false name for the boy. Roman is charged with reckless discharge of a firearm, unlawful use of a weapon by a felon and felony endangerment of a child.
In a charging document released Saturday, prosecutors said that on March 29 at about 2:30 a.m., police chased both Roman and Toledo and stopped Roman first.
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13-year-old Adam Toledo, shot dead by Chicago police, had gunshot residue on his hands, cops say
Prosecutors say that 13-year-old Adam Toledo, who was shot dead by Chicago Police, had a 9MM Ruger and gunshot residue on one hand the night he was killed.
Police said they yelled at Toledo to stop running and show his hands. They said he stopped with his left side towards the officer, and his right hand at his right side. Prosecutors said that the officer told him to drop the gun and that he did not. The officer fired one shot and hit him in the chest.
The officer called for an ambulance and began chest compressions, prosecutors said. Toledo was pronounced dead at the scene.
A weapon was recovered at the scene of the shooting in Little Village. | Chicago police
Prosecutors said Toledo's hand tested positive for gunshot residue and that a Ruger 9MM was found next to where he died.
The officer, who has not yet been identified, was placed on desk duty for 30 days while COPA investigates the shooting, police said.
Adam’s mom, Elizabeth Toledo, said in a phone interview with the Chicago Sun-Times her son had ambitions to become a police officer.
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Little Village community gathers to remember Adam Toledo, call for release of bodycam video
There is anger and sorrow as questions linger over the Chicago police shooting of 13-year-old Adam Toledo.
"He wanted to be a cop when he grew up," she said. "And next thing you know, a cop took his life."
Family held a private funeral for Toledo on Friday. They have also called for peace after reports of possible protests and gang retaliation.