A Chicago City Council panel approved a $5M settlement for the family of a teen killed in a CPD shooting. Michael Elam Jr. died in 2019.
CHICAGO --
On Feb. 16, 2019, Michael Elam Jr. and his girlfriend were in the back seat of a car while headed to a restaurant with two other friends. Ogden District tactical officers in an unmarked police vehicle said they tried to pull over the vehicle in North Lawndale for speeding and headlight violations. Deputy Corporation Counsel Victoria Benson told the Finance Committee Monday that Bolanos, a passenger in the police vehicle," has testified that he "saw Mr. Elam exit the crash vehicle with a gun in his hand."
A wrongful death lawsuit filed by Elam's family claims tactical Officer Guillermo Gama Jr., who was driving the unmarked police vehicle, saw Elam "lying on the street" while chasing the driver of the crashed car and proceeded to search the bleeding shooting victim for a weapon, removing items from Elam's pockets, Benson said.
After sitting through closed-door briefings on the Elam settlement, Ald. Nick Sposato said it's clear to him that, "The screw-up was we didn't call for an ambulance. Had we called for an ambulance right away, we wouldn't be in this spot.""Is it, 'he said, she said'? Or he definitely did have a gun when the police officer shot him, and our total issue here for the $5 million settlement is 'cause we didn't call for an ambulance?" Sposato asked.
Sposato was still not satisfied. He demanded to know whether police "just happened to find guns laying on the street at this incident" or whether the guns belonged to Elam and/or his friends.
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