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A Chicago prosecutor was placed on leave Saturday after he claimed in a court hearing this month that Adam Toledo, a 13-year-old boy fatally shot by police, had a gun in his possession. In an April bond hearing for 21-year-old Ruben Roman, a man who was with Toledo on the night that he died, Assistant State’s Atty. James Murphy appeared to claim that the boy had a gun on him. Following news of the comment, a spokesperson for the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office said Thursday that the prosecutor did not fully inform himself before testifying. ....
For days people have been stopping by the memorial and leaving flowers, candles and balloons in honor of the 13-year-old. “We have to come together for Adam, for the community, for more kids not to go through that path,” said Francisco Gomez, who lives in Little Village. The Civilian Office of Police Accountability - Chicago s police oversight agency - made videos of the shooting public on Thursday, two days after Adam s family was shown footage of the incident. Body camera footage shows Adam running from a Chicago police officer down an alley. Adam starts to turn toward the officer, and is in the process of putting his hands up when the officer fires his weapon once, striking the teen in the chest. ....
Sitting on the front steps of his home, Heotis said he will never forget what he saw on the night of March 29. “I was up all night that night,” he said. “Now to see it for myself it does something to me, it’s crazy. I can’t explain it.” Heotis lives in an apartment building across the street from an alley near 24 thStreet and Spaulding. He said that night he and his mom heard multiple gunshots and went to their window to check. Investigators now believe 21-year-old Ruben Roman fired those shots at a passing car before running off with Toledo, according to police. ....
As Chicago struggles with yet another controversial officer-involved shooting, the investigation will be guided by yet another new set of procedures drafted. ....