Body camera footage released Wednesday shows a Chicago police officer fatally shooting 22-year-old Anthony Alvarez, who was allegedly armed while running from cops.
The Civilian Office of Police Accountability (COPA) of Chicago released police body-camera videos, third-party surveillance videos, and audio documentation of the March 31 shooting, according to Fox News.
Officers “attempted to stop and speak” with Alvarez, according to a statement from COPA on the release of the footage. Alvarez, the father of a 2-year old, was noted as being “an individual familiar to the officers.”
Anthony Alvarez, the 22-year-old Chicago man who was fleeing police, had his back turned and appeared to drop a gun when an officer fatally shot him late last month, video released shows. Chicago’s independent police review board released the video. https://t.co/S7fr66W13A
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