An eyewitness to the death of a teenager in Chicago who was killed by a cop said the boy was trying to jump a fence when he was shot dead.
‘They shot him in the air,’ the unidentified woman, who said she did not want to be identified for fear of police backlash, told the Chicago Tribune.
‘His pants leg got caught on the fence and he hit the ground. If he hadn’t gotten shot, he would have cleared the fence.’
She then added that because of her fear of the police, she denied to them that she saw the shooting.
Pierre L Loury died on Tuesday as a result that a gun shot wound to the chest. He was 16 years old.
Chicago Chief of Detectives Eugene Roy said the teen ran from a car believed to be connected to an earlier shooting and an ‘armed confrontation’ resulted in the officer shooting Loury.
He also said that a weapon was found at the scene and taken into evidence, while another law enforcement source said Loury was a ‘documented gang member.’
More than 100 people gathered in Chicago for a vigil and protest after the fatal shooting of a 16-year-old by a police officer. Demonstrators protesting the shooting blocked traffic on the Eisenhower Expressway (above)
Police said an officer chased the teen and an ‘armed confrontation’ resulted in the officer shooting Pierre Loury. A weapon found at the scene was taken into evidence.
Pierre Loury (left and right) was shot and killed by a police officer on Monday evening
It was reported that Loury was shot and killed by an officer on the city’s West Side. Police declined on Tuesday to identify the officer involved in the shooting
Patrol officers stopped a vehicle believed to have been involved in an earlier shooting in the area at about 7.30pm
Loury’s aunt, Karen Winters, said of the tragic situation; ‘Once again, we’re looking at environment, this community, how some of these young boys are just plagued with certain influences.’
She then added; ‘But not to this extent, by no means.’
The teenager’s mother, Tambrasha Hudson, claims her son did not even own a gun.
‘Everything they said on the news is not the truth. It is not the truth. It’s not the truth,’ said Hudson.
‘It’s sad! My baby was 16, not 30. My baby was 16! Sixteen!’
More than 100 people gathered in Chicago for a vigil and protest after the fatal shooting.
The demonstrations on Tuesday came a day after coroners said Pierre L Loury died at a hospital.
The vigil was held at the site of the shooting and protesters then marched through the streets, sometimes disrupting traffic.
I Don. Feel sorry for any of you doosh bags. You sew what you reap.
Why are they rioting he was a criminal. Thats what happens to criminal of any color.So tough.
Another dead thug,,,so what’s the problem?
What a tragedy. These poor cops keep getting pulled into this bull crap just for doing their jobs
He was a gang thug, thugs lives do NOT matter, look at that sharpie crap on its rope holder! You want to act like a thug, die like one!
All he had to do was drop the weapon and put his hands in the air. Nothing would have happened to him, but no, he had to create a problem. So he paid the price of his stupidity !!!
Ah, yes! The real Black Lives Matter on full display! BLM is just a racist hate group and a front for black street gangs.
When any thug dies by police he is always innocent and never owned a gun! So say the families. That excuse is old and worn out. I bet they will still say he was innocent even with his fingerprints are on the bullets and GSR is on his hands.
One look at the huge letters on his neck say it all. They are not for his name. They are for the Reese Money Gang! He was a gangbanger! There is also a foto of him holding a gun.
16yrs old,a gun, running from police,gang member. …keep your black ass at home. Read a book. Learn to shoulder the responsibility of your own choices. Unfortunately this Kid’s Choice cost him his life. Sad. But then the ignorant make excuses and it goes on and on and on and on and on. People teach your kids right from wrong. Teach them to rise above. Teach them to stay away from gang members. It takes a village to raise a child. These are all Village idiots
Another m…..er f….er. Dont feel sorry a bit