learned, she is a neighbor, and her family has said that all she did was to open her door before she was shot by police. she s a grandmother, a mother of five, and of course, her family grieving at this hour. now, as to what transpired, we won t know more than just preliminary information from the police, because right now, all of this is under the investigation of the independent police review authority. this is what we know from the report. all of this starts early saturday morning with the domestic disturbance call, and the police arrive at the scene, and like you say, they mentioned that they were confronted by a combative individual. police later confirming that this individual, 19-year-old quintonio la gear had an aluminum bat, and that he was coming at police with thoo aluminum bat according to the police. now that is when they opened fire and hit not only the
happened, but here is what we know from her family. her family says that this grandmother, that this mo ttherf five, all she did was to open the door. she is a neighbor of la gear, and here is what we know transfired based on what his family has said publicly. they said that his father called police because of a domestic disturbance, and when the police responded to the scene, they were confronted by a quote combative person, this 19-year-old, and police later confirming that the 19-year-old had an aluminum bat and coming at the police aofficers with th aluminum bat, and the police officers responded by firing, and of course, we now know that the 19-year-old and the 55-year-old were shot and killed. again, deb, there is a lot of questions as to where each subject was, and how all of this transpired and why police officers opened fire. yeah, and what is the
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violent. i was just with my son on christmas. i mean, i talked to him. i told him that he had to control his temper but he wasn t violent. reporter: lagear s father asked betty jones their downstairs neighbor and mother of five to open the door for police. when she did, witnesses say lagrier came charging down the stairs with a bat. when he did, police opened fire and both were killed. the police were trigger happy. i went to the hospital. my son has seven seven bullet wounds in him. reporter: chicago police apologized for jones death saying in a statement, quote, upon arrival, officers were confronted by a combative subject resulting in the discharge of the officer s weapon which fatally wounded two individuals. the 55-year-old woman victim was accidentally struck and tragically killed. the department extend its
come out, and i promised the media, i promised my officers, i promised the command staff, that i would be open and honest, and approach things head on. the department has been under fire in recent years over its treatment of minorities. massive flooding still a big headache for many americmidwest this morning. dangerously high water in des plaines, illinois. and there is a warning for scammers offering fraudulent home repairs. a terrifying moment for two on a twin engine plane. handing gear failed to deploy in kansas yesterday. the pilot forced to land on the plane s belly. pilot and copilot were not injure. image you knine on approach, la gear does not deploy. glad they are safe. thanks, christine. ahead on starting point, he spent 90 terrifying minutes