re: Video of fatal shooting of 13-year-old Adam Toledo by Chicago police released tomorrow

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Wasn’t this the 13 yr old selling drugs/guns at 2/3 am m that ran from police and pulled a gun?

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Toledo was with a 21 year old named Roman who had just fired 7 shots point blank at a car. The two ran away together. From the article:

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Roman got off seven or eight shots, and the two quickly fled, Murphy said, Roman taking the lead and Toledo right behind.

A city ShotSpotter device detected the shots, which brought two uniformed Chicago police officers in a marked squad car to the scene in less than a minute. Roman and Toledo cut through an alley together, and police gave chase on foot, Murphy said.

Both of the officers’ body-worn cameras were recording, and one officer tackled Roman as Toledo kept running, the prosecutor said.

Toledo kept running as an officer ordered him to stop, then paused near a break in a wooden fence, Murphy said, and the officer then ordered Toledo to show his hands.

The officer told Toledo “drop it, drop it,” as Toledo turned toward the officer with a gun in his right hand, Murphy said.

The officer fired one shot, hitting Toledo in the chest. The gun he was holding landed a few feet away and was recovered, Murphy said.

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Sounds like a justified shooting. I don't care if he was 13. An armed 13 year old running around after having just been part of an attempted murder is a danger.