Overview

• Charles Leto, a Chicago Park District lifeguard, faces first-degree murder, attempted murder, aggravated battery and firearm charges in the fatal Douglass Park shooting.
• On June 29, a judge ruled that Leto must be detained without bond pending trial, citing concerns over his judgment and danger to the community.
• The Douglass Park pool remains closed as the Park District investigates how an on-duty employee brought and used a handgun at the facility.
• Fourteen-year-old Jeremy Herred remains hospitalized in serious condition after being shot in the neck and is under family medical oversight.
• Victims’ families and attorneys are urging prosecutors to pursue a hate crime investigation given the racial dynamics of a white shooter and Black teenage victims.