Latest shooting in Chicago Leaves 2 Dead


Chicago police fatally shot a 19-year-old male student and a 55-year-old mother of five Saturday. Both victims were African American.
 
The shootings are the latest in a city that is already under a U.S. Justice Department investigation for the brutal shooting of a 17-year-old African American male last year by a white police officer.

The race of the police officers involved in Saturday's response to a domestic disturbance has not been revealed. 

The police department said when its officers arrived on the scene they were "confronted by a combative subject resulting in the discharging of the officer's weapon, fatally wounding two individuals."

A police statement said the woman, Bettie Jones, "was accidentally struck and tragically killed."

One of Jones' family members said Jones had just celebrated Christmas Friday "with food and card games" with about 15 relatives at her apartment." She had an excellent Christmas," Melvin Jones said." And then to wake up to this." 

The Justice Department is taking a look at the behaviors of Chicago police following the shooting of black teen Laquan McDonald by white police officer Jason Van Dyke. 
 
McDonald was shot in 2014, but footage of his shooting was only recently released. 

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has apologized for the teen's shooting, but protesters continue to call for the mayor's resignation.


SOURCE: VOA News