Crime & Safety
Family of Man Shot By Police Sues Cops
Paul O'Neal was a motor vehicle theft suspect when he was killed by police in South Shore last week.
CHICAGO, IL - The family of the 18-year-old shot and killed by police last week in the South Shore neighborhood is suing the three unnamed officers who have been stripped of their police powers as a result of the incident.
Paul O’Neal was a suspect in a vehicle theft near 73rd and Merrill last Thursday when he was effectively “executed” by the officers, attorneys for the family told CBS and other media outlets on Monday.
“These police officers decided, for whatever reason, they were going to play judge jury and executioner.”
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Initial reports of the incident indicated O’Neal sideswiped both a police car and a civilian vehicle before two officers began firing at the stolen vehicle which he was occupying.
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Family and attorneys alleged in the suit that O’Neal ran from the car when he was being shot at and ultimately suffered a fatal wound to the back.
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