Prosecutor: More indictments possible in McDonald case
Posted August 30, 2017 7:00 am
CHICAGO (AP) - A Cook County grand jury looking into allegations of a cover up in the fatal shooting of a black teenager by a white Chicago police officer is weighing further indictments in the case.
The Chicago Sun Times reports that special prosecutor Patricia Brown Holmes told a judge Tuesday that several individuals are being looked at and the grand jury is expected to meet at least twice by the end of October.
Police dashcam video shows 17-year-old Laquan McDonald was shot 16 times by Officer Jason Van Dyke in 2014 as the teen was walking away from officers with a small knife by his side.
Van Dyke has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder.
Three other officers pleaded not guilty last month to conspiring to cover up what happened.
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