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Police, paramedics and another county investigator initially believed 13-year-old Adam Toledo a seventh grader who weighed 91 pounds and was 5 feet tall was at least 20 years old when a Chicago police officer shot and killed him in March, according to city and county documents.
The Chicago Sun-Times reviewed the medical examiner’s autopsy report, a medical examiner’s investigator report from the scene of the shooting, a Chicago Fire Department report and a Chicago Police Department incident report.
A Chicago police officer fatally shot Adam in the early morning hours of Monday, March 29 after chasing him down an alley next to Farragut Career Academy in Little Village. A gun was found near where Adam was shot.
Despite divisions in Chicago’s Latino community over Adam Toledo’s death, a desire for a more empathetic and culturally aware police force bridges divides.
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The officers chased him into an alley behind Farragut Career Academy High School, where one officer shot him once in the chest.
He - later identified as Adam Toledo - was pronounced dead at the scene while another suspect, Ruben Roman, 21, was taken into custody.
Shortly after the shooting, police shared a photo of a handgun recovered at the scene.
Chigaco s police review board released body camera footage of the March 29 shooting on Thursday last week.
The video showed that Toledo s hands were empty when he was shot, despite police saying he was holding a gun at the time.