Chicago’s police oversight agency (COPA) has released bodycam video of the fatal shooting of a man who officers chased to northwest Indiana last month.
The backstory:
Chicago police officers responded on May 8, around 5:49 p.m., to a report of a person with a gun in the 13400 block of South Baltimore Avenue, where they located a suspect wanted in connection with an aggravated battery case.
The bodycam video—released on Tuesday—shows officers during a traffic stop in Hegewisch trying to get the suspect to exit a vehicle. When the man doesn’t comply, officers then break the car’s driveside window, which is when he speeds off.
The chase ended in Hammond, Indiana, where the man crashed the vehicle near Dearborn and Gostlin streets. Bodycam video shows officers running up to the man who, at that point, had gotten out of the car and was standing in a nearby field. Chicago police and COPA say the man fired shots at officers, which is when the video shows two officers opening fire on him.
The man was taken to St. Catherine Hospital, where he died. He was identified as 50-year-old Joseph Navarro.
The two officers were taken to a hospital for observation and were reported to be in good condition. No other injuries were reported, and a gun was recovered at the scene.
What’s next:
The Chicago Police Department’s Investigative Response Team was assisting Hammond police with the investigation.
COPA is investigating the shooting. The officers involved were placed on administrative duties for at least 30 days, per department policy.
A ‘monster’ filmed throwing a toddler to the floor in an airport lounge in Moscow has confessed to seeking to kill the helpless boy.
Appalling footage showed Belarus national Vladimir Vitkov, 31, a nuclear power plant construction worker, pick up and slam the 18-month-old child down at the Russian capital’s Sheremetyevo terminal.
The child had arrived in Russia minutes earlier after he and his mother fled the bombing in Iran, say reports.
Little Yazdan, aged 18 months, is now fighting for his life with serious skull fractures and spinal injuries.
Vitkov was reported by some outlets to have been on the same flight as the child and his mother who were escaping from war-ravaged Iran where they had been visiting relatives.
They had reached Afghanistan after fleeing Iran.
Earlier, Vitkov had been fired from a nuclear power plant construction job in Egypt after failing a spot check for drugs and alcohol, and was returning home via Moscow, according to a friend.
‘He was valued there, appointed a foreman,’ the friend told Daily Storm.
Appalling footage shows the moment a male tourist suddenly picks up and hurls a helpless 18-month-old boy head first on the ground in the arrivals hall of a Moscow airport
The tourist – identified as Vladimir Vitkov, 31, from Belarus – is seen on security footage looking closely at the boy who is next to his suitcase
The boy is now fighting for his life in a coma with serious skull fractures and spinal injuries
Little Yazdan, aged 18 months, is now fighting for his life with serious skull fractures and spinal injuries