CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) - The Civilian Office of Police Accountability (COPA) has released body cam video of an officer shooting a 25-year-old man in the back in the North Lawndale neighborhood in February of last year.
The officer and his partner had stopped at 21st and St. Louis where a car was double-parked.
People were standing in the street.
Javontay Kindred took off running down an alley. One officer was chasing. The second ran down the street parallel to the alley.
Kindred was seen coming toward him through an empty lot. A gun was in his right hand.
Warning: The video contains graphic violence and language.
He ran in front of the officer, whose shadow showed he was in a shooting stance.
His video was silent until after he shot Kindred in the back as the man was running away across a parkway.
Bystanders gathered as officers check on Kindred. You can see he was shot in the upper back.
He survived and later pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and unlawful use of a weapon by a felon.
The case remains under investigation.
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