Overview

• Charles Leto, 55, was formally charged with first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, aggravated battery and aggravated discharge of a firearm in the June 26 poolside shooting.
• Cook County Judge Luciano Panici Jr. ordered Leto held without bond, calling him a “terrifying threat to the community.”
• Fifteen-year-old Marjay Dotson was killed and 14-year-old Jeremy Herred, a cousin of Laquan McDonald, remains hospitalized in critical condition.
• Prosecutors released surveillance and witness accounts showing the teens posed no immediate danger, undermining Leto’s self-defense assertion.
• The Chicago Park District placed Leto on unpaid emergency suspension and opened an internal review of his conduct and its hiring and safety policies.