Teen Killed By Zion Police Shot Twice In Back

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Autopsy results released Monday afternoon say a Waukegan teen who was shot and killed by Zion police on Saturday was shot in the back.

The Lake County Coroner says 17-year-old Justus Howell was shot twice in the back and one of the bullets penetrated his liver and heart, WBBM Newsradio’s Terry Keshner reports.

Saturday’s shooting happened after a Zion officer responded to reports of an argument or fight and a possible gun shot.

Police also said that they recovered a handgun from the scene.

Zion Community activist Clyde McLemore says the shooting of Howell is reflects the uneasy relationship between Zion police and the African-American community.

His mother, LaToya Howell, said Justus wanted to go to medical school to be a surgeon.

“Justus was a young man murdered by Zion police,” she said. “As he was fleeing from police, they killed my son. He couldn’t have been a threat if he was running.”

Two witnesses said Howell was not armed at the time of the shooting.

Vaughn said that she remained on the scene for quite some time and did not see police uncover a weapon.

“I didn’t see a gun, no knife, nothing,” she said.


http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2015/04/06/authorities-boy-17-killed-after-zion-police-shoot-him-in-back/

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

No video? Too bad. Case closed.

 

[DaSleeper]

In a story April 6 about a teenager killed by a police officer in Illinois, The Associated Press misspelled the Zion police chief's last name twice. His name is Steve Dumyahn, not Dumhayn.
A corrected version of the story is below:
Police: Teen killed by police involved in gun deal
Police: Teen killed by police involved in gun deal, coroner says teen shot twice in back
ZION, Ill. (AP) — A teenager killed by a police officer in Illinois had just been involved in a scuffle while trying to steal a handgun during a street sale, police said Monday, hours after a corner announced the teen had been shot twice in the back.
Zion police have said Justus Howell, 17, of Waukegan, was shot Saturday afternoon by an officer responding to a call about an altercation.
On Monday, the Lake County Coroner's Office issued a statement saying an autopsy showed one bullet struck Howell in the left back, penetrating his heart, spleen and liver, and the second bullet struck him on the right side of his back. Tests to determine whether drugs were in the victim's system are pending.
In a statement Monday evening, Zion Police Chief Steve Dumyahn declined to comment on the autopsy, saying the report is not yet completed and hasn't been given to police.
But he provided additional details about the moments leading up to the shooting, saying Howell had just been involved in a gun deal with 18-year-old Tramond Peet, who appeared in court Monday on weapons charges. Dumyahn said the Zion Police Department was releasing the information because media outlets had connected Peet's case to the shooting and that it "has no desire to defame the deceased."



More..... Correction: Killings by Police-Zion Story - ABC News

feel like Jumping to conclusions before all the evidence is in........................................anyone?

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

In a story April 6 about a teenager killed by a police officer in Illinois, The Associated Press misspelled the Zion police chief's last name twice. His name is Steve Dumyahn, not Dumhayn.
A corrected version of the story is below:
Police: Teen killed by police involved in gun deal
Police: Teen killed by police involved in gun deal, coroner says teen shot twice in back
ZION, Ill. (AP) — A teenager killed by a police officer in Illinois had just been involved in a scuffle while trying to steal a handgun during a street sale, police said Monday, hours after a corner announced the teen had been shot twice in the back.
Zion police have said Justus Howell, 17, of Waukegan, was shot Saturday afternoon by an officer responding to a call about an altercation.
On Monday, the Lake County Coroner's Office issued a statement saying an autopsy showed one bullet struck Howell in the left back, penetrating his heart, spleen and liver, and the second bullet struck him on the right side of his back. Tests to determine whether drugs were in the victim's system are pending.
In a statement Monday evening, Zion Police Chief Steve Dumyahn declined to comment on the autopsy, saying the report is not yet completed and hasn't been given to police.
But he provided additional details about the moments leading up to the shooting, saying Howell had just been involved in a gun deal with 18-year-old Tramond Peet, who appeared in court Monday on weapons charges. Dumyahn said the Zion Police Department was releasing the information because media outlets had connected Peet's case to the shooting and that it "has no desire to defame the deceased."



More..... Correction: Killings by Police-Zion Story - ABC News

feel like Jumping to conclusions before all the evidence is in........................................anyone?

Allow me.

Racist cops! Vicious corporate capitalist brutal murderers!

Or something like that.

 

[DaSleeper]

W t g!

 

[B00Mer]

"...had just been involved in a scuffle while trying to steal a handgun during a street sale."

Meh, just another thug.. keep up the good work Police.