Overview
- A 55-year-old Chicago Park District lifeguard was arrested after allegedly firing at two teens at Douglass Park Thursday, killing a 15-year-old and critically wounding a 14-year-old cousin of Laquan McDonald.
- The Park District has closed the pool and pledged full cooperation with the Chicago Police Department as investigators examine the lifeguard’s concealed-carry license and self-defense claim.
- In Brooklyn’s Canarsie neighborhood, NYPD officers found a 21-year-old man dead from a gunshot to the head and a 25-year-old wounded in the leg during a late-night shooting Thursday.
- No arrests have been made in the Brooklyn case, and investigators say the surviving victim has so far declined to cooperate with detectives.
- Other recent incidents include a Cleveland investigation after a 14-year-old was killed by an accidental shooting and a COPA probe into an officer who fired during a South Side foot pursuit in Chicago.