years. it happened it happened in october of last year. police say officer jason van dike shot 17-year-old lequan mcdonald because he refused to drof drop a knife. the autopsy sketch shows where each of the 16 bullets entered the body. the cop's attorney said the officer feared for his life and insists he did nothing wrong. now the police news conference. >> we're here tonight to discuss good news, because unfortunately that's the way it usually goes in this case we're here to talk about some bad news. but also some opportunity. as you all know, last year on october 20th, one of our police officers shot and killed a young man named laquan mcdonald. and since that time, the investigation into the circumstances of that event has been ongoing. the officer was stripped of his police powers immediately. as you all know today he was charged with first-degree murder. by the state's attorney, anita