Chicago cop accused of shooting Laquan McDonald faces 16 new counts
Source: CBS News
March 23, 2017, 11:05 PM
CHICAGO -- A grand jury added 16 counts of aggravated battery with a firearm to the first-degree murder charges against a white Chicago police officer accused in the fatal shooting of a black 17-year-old.
A special prosecutor and attorneys for former Officer Jason Van Dyke didn’t discuss the new indictment announced during at a Thursday hearing.
Van Dyke, 38, is accused of shooting 17-year-old Laquan McDonald 16 times in October 2014, CBS Chicago reports. He wasn’t charged until last year after a shocking dash cam video of the incident was released and prompted protests across the country. Police suspended Van Dyke without pay for a year and half and are trying to fire him.
Defense attorneys filed a three-page motion in January trying to dismiss the indictment. They argued statements Van Dyke made to investigators were improperly used against him.
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