Officers responded to the call at an apartment complex early Saturday, after the father of 19-year-old Quintonio Legrier called police to say his son was acting erratic and carrying a metal baseball bat. "He was having a mental situation," Legrier's mother, Janet Cooksey, told ABC 7. "Sometimes he will get loud, but not violent." The officer, who has not yet been identified, fatally shot Legrier seven times, the teen's family said. “We're thinking the police are going to service us, take him to the hospital," Cooksey told the Chicago Tribune. "They took his life.” A second victim, who has been identified only as a 56-year-old woman, was a downstairs tenant and bystander. The woman's daughter, Latisha Jones, told the Tribune she found her mother dead with a gunshot wound to her neck.
Victim's Name: Bettie Jones
Agency Responsible: Chicago Police Department
Gender: Female
Age: 55
Race: Black
Date of Death: December 26, 2015
County: Cook
Cause of Death: Gunshot
Criminal Charges: No known charges
Mental Illness: Unknown
Armed: Unarmed/Did Not Have an Actual Weapon
Weapon: unarmed
Threat Level: other
Body Camera: No
Washington Post Database ID: 1123
Geography: Urban