Crime & Safety
Altercation That Led to Joshua Beal Shooting Captured on Video
Several shots can be heard on the video from a bystander in Saturday's police shooting in Mount Greenwood.
CHICAGO, IL — Some videos of the moments that preceded and followed Saturday afternoon’s police shooting of 25-year-old Indianapolis man Joshua Beal have been shared on YouTube.
Beal was shot and killed by an off-duty police officer Saturday during a road-rage incident involving a Chicago firefighter during a funeral procession. Beal was in Chicago to be a pallbearer at the funeral of his cousin.
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Shots fired can be heard in one of the videos, but at that point the cell phone camera was not pointed in the direction of the shooting.
The first video, shared by the Chicago Sun-Times, shows multiple people from the funeral procession outside of their cars near the firehouse at 111th and Whipple streets involved in a verbal altercation with, presumably, the off-duty officer who shot Beal. The off-duty officer is shown with a gun.
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After the shots are heard, multiple witnesses are heard crying.
The shooting sparked protests and counter-protests in the neighborhood both Saturday night and Sunday afternoon.
Be advised the following three videos contain profanity and potentially disturbing visuals.
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