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
drop a knife. the autopsy sketch shows where each of those 16 bullets entered the body. see this? that s been all over the papers in chicago for days. the cop s attorney says the officer feared for his life and insists he did nothing wrong. the problem is there s video. mike tobin from chicago, a judge denied that officer any bail, right, mike? reporter: it was unique. he gave that order for no bond while he has a chance to review this potentially inflammatory video. then he ll hold another hearing on monday and reevaluate the entire case. the rid yoed should be out in the public by then. van dyke turned himself in at 7:30 a.m. today. he s facing a first degree murder charge, the potential of 20 to life. cook county state s attorney says she did speed up the case to get ahead of the video release. maintaining public safety is my number one job, and i do not want the public to view this video without knowing this very important context, that with these charges we are bringing a