Black teen fatally shot; his neighbor killed by accident
By MICHAEL TARM, Associated Press
Published: December 27, 2015, 7:21pm
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LaTarsha Jones, center, the daughter of Bettie Jones, is comforted by family and friends during a press conference Sunday in front of the house where Bettie Jones was killed Saturday in the West Garfield Park neighborhood of Chicago. (Nancy Stone/Chicago Tribune)
Grieving relatives and friends of two people shot and killed by Chicago police said Sunday the slayings raised concerns about why officers “shoot first and ask questions later,” claiming the city failed residents even as a federal civil rights investigation has begun scrutinizing police practices.
Quintonio LeGrier, 19, was killed early Saturday by police responding to a domestic disturbance at an apartment on the city’s West Side, along with downstairs neighbor Bettie Jones, 55.
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