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On May 6, 2021, it was announced Stillman had not returned to the CPD, though his routine leave had already ended. On March 15, 2022, Kim Foxx’s office announced Stillman would not be charged for killing Toledo, due to “insufficient evidence” to file criminal charges.
- Disciplinary Charges Say Stillman's Use of Deadly Force Was 'Not Necessary'
- Toledo Family 'relieved and Grateful'
- Stillman's Attorney: Use of Force Was 'Proper'
- Adam Toledo Shooting: What Happened?
- Civilian Agency Recommended Stillman's Firing
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The public disciplinary chargesfiled this week and signed by interim Superintendent Eric Carter allege Stillman violated seven department rules. Stillman's use of deadly force "was not necessary to prevent death or great bodily harm from an imminent threat posed" to Stillman or another person, and Toledo did not pose an imminent threat of death or ...
In a statement on behalf of the Toledo family through their lawyers, Elizabeth and Marco Toledo said they are "relieved and grateful" to see the recommendation and called on the board to fire Stillman. "Firing Eric Stillman will not bring our Adam back but will take us one step closer to Justice for Adam," the family said. The family added: "We pra...
Stillman's attorney, Tim Grace, called Toledo's death a "tragedy" but said there is "no reason or justification" for the city to seek Stillman's termination. "We look forward to presenting our case to the Police Board and believe his actions will be deemed justified," Grace said in a statement Tuesday. Stillman has been with the Chicago Police Depa...
In the early hours of March 29, 2021, Stillman chased Toledo into an alley and fired one shot into his chest moments after Toledo threw a gun behind a fence and turned toward the officer with his hands raised. Graphic police body-camera video of the encounter disproved accounts from police and city officialswho initially described the incident as a...
Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx said last year there was insufficient evidenceto charge Stillman in Toledo's death. In October, Chicago's Civilian Office of Police Accountability, which investigates police use of force, recommended Stillman be firedbecause he "acted inconsistently with his training." But then-Superintendent David Brown,who re...
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Apr 16, 2021 · That gun ended up a few feet away. What happened next, in a fraction of a second, cost Toledo his life. His hands moved upward, and Officer Stillman fired one, fatal shot into the teenager's...
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Oct 21, 2022 · Crime News Chicago. Chicago cop who fatally shot 13-year-old Adam Toledo now facing dismissal. Officer Eric Stillman chased Toledo into an alley in Little Village in March 2021 and fired a single shot into the teen’s chest, a split-second after the teen dropped a handgun and raised his hands. By Tom Schuba and Emmanuel Camarillo.
Oct 21, 2022 · Adam Toledo shooting: What happened? Adam, 13, had his hands raised when Stillman shot and killed him on March 29, 2021, according to graphic videos released of the shooting. Stillman...
Apr 16, 2021 · The officer who fatally shot Adam last month was also identified Thursday as Eric Stillman, 34, who is white. Adam is seen in Stillman's body-camera video running down an alley as Stillman...
Within 20 seconds of Officer Stillman getting out of his police car, 13-year-old Adam Toledo had been shot. The clear image of Adam holding his empty hands in the air moments before the gun was fired has gone viral. Anger around his death fed into protests this weekend raging against the level of force used by the police in America.
