The spooky moment American policeman shoots and kills 13-year-old boy with hands raised

Adam Toledo is the youngest police victim in years in Chicago.

Another case of easily triggered jerks United States. Chicago authorities on Thursday released police camera footage showing an officer kills 13 year old latino teenager in an alley in the Hispanic neighborhood of La Villita on March 29.

Only 20 seconds separate when Officer Eric Stillman gets out of his car and when he shoots Adam toledo, the youngest police victim in years in Chicago.

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Prosecutors say Toledo was armed, although the video does not show a gun in his hands when he is shot. Security camera footage appears to show the teenager throwing an object behind a fence before turning to face the officer hands up, empty.

In less than a second from that moment, the officer shot the minor, who collapsed after receiving a bullet in the chest.

Stillman is then heard calling for an ambulance and a medicine cabinet. “Look at me. Look at me. Are you okay? Where are you injured?” Asked the agent in Toledo, who was motionless with blood on his face and his shirt.

The officer then performed CPR maneuvers on him. Toledo was finally declared dead on the spot.

Later in the video, an officer shines a flashlight on a gun behind the fence where Toledo was located.

The Mayor of Chicago, Lori Lightfoot, described Toledo’s death as “incredibly painful tragedy“.

After the video was released, small groups gathered in downtown Chicago on Thursday to protest peacefully for the teenager’s death. “Lock up the policeman!” Chanted some, according to local media.

“I don’t think it matters if Adam was a good kid or if he was involved in some inappropriate activity, the point is that he was walking down the street and they shot him unarmedAdeena Weiss-Ortiz, lawyer for the Toledo family, told reporters.

“The images show that Toledo complied with the officer’s orders,” he insisted.

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“If he had a gun, he threw it away. The officer said, “Show me your hands,” and Toledo obeyed, “he added. “(The officer) is trained not to shoot someone unarmed. He is trained to watch, he is trained not to panic, ”he said, according to the newspaper. Chicago Tribune.

Tensions over racism and the police are high in the United States. In nearby Minneapolis, the trial of a former white policeman accused of murdering African American George Floyd in May 2020 is underway, a case that has sparked a wave of racial protests across the country.

Another fatal police shootout last Sunday on an unarmed African-American youth, Daunte Wright, sparked violent protests in a suburb of that city.