- The mother of a high school junior fatally shot by an off-duty Chicago police officer last September filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the city.
In the suit filed today in Cook County Circuit Court, attorneys for Natasha Williams, whose son, Corey Harris Jr., was killed last Sept. 11, said the officer acted recklessly during the incident and that the city is liable.
Just after the shooting, police said the off-duty officer saw Harris fire shots at someone, leading to the pursuit. But the suit claims the officer -- dressed in plain clothes -- never identified himself as police and shot the teen in the back.
Law enforcement sources had told the Tribune that a weapon wasn't found with Harris, but at least one of the sources said he might have tossed the weapon during the chase. Police eventually recovered a .40-caliber handgun. The suit refutes that Harris ever had a weapon.
Bullets in victim came from the recovered weapon so it seems the officer got the right guy. If he was off-duty, he's not required to wear a uniform. The lack of identification as the police is most likely a lie seeing as how we're trained. And we're allowed to shoot people in the back - it's a preferred tactic since the safest spot to be when someone is shooting at someone else is behind the gun. City, State and Federal law don't require a stand-up gun battle at 10 paces.
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