Skip to main content Currently Reading Being skeptical of sources is a journalist's job - but it doesn't always happen when those sources are the police Danielle K. Kilgo, University of Minnesota April 18, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Danielle K. Kilgo, University of Minnesota (THE CONVERSATION) The death of 13-year-old Adam Toledo might well have made international headlines on March 29, 2021 – the day he was shot and killed by a police officer – had the emerging narrative been different. Instead, early news reports of the incident relied on a police statement which said Toledo died in an “armed confrontation.” An image of a gun recovered at the scene was also released. During a bond hearing for the man who had been with Toledo when the chase began, prosecutors said a gun was in Toledo’s hand when police shot him dead.