Father Sues City Over Police Shooting That Killed 2 Including His Son
By Mae Rice in News on Dec 28, 2015 10:53PM
LaTonya Jones, the daughter of Bettie Jones holds a picture of her mother during a vigil outside her home on December 27, 2015 in Chicago, Illinois. Bettie Jones was shot and killed yesterday at the front door of her home by police responding to a domestic dispute call made by her upstairs neighbor. Quintonio LeGrier, was also killed by police during the incident.
![LaTonya Jones, the daughter of Bettie Jones holds a picture of her mother during a vigil outside her home on December 27, 2015 in Chicago, Illinois. Bettie Jones was shot and killed yesterday at the front door of her home by police responding to a domestic dispute call made by her upstairs neighbor. Quintonio LeGrier, was also killed by police during the incident.]()
CHICAGO, IL - DECEMBER 27: Janet Cooksey speaks to the press about the death of her son Quintonio LeGrier before the start of a vigil on December 27, 2015 in Chicago, Illinois. LeGrier, a 19-year-old college student who was home for the holidays, was shot and killed yesterday at the front door of his home by police responding to a domestic dispute call made by his father. Bettie Jones, 55, was also killed by police during the incident. Police have said Jones's death was an accident.
![CHICAGO, IL - DECEMBER 27: Janet Cooksey speaks to the press about the death of her son Quintonio LeGrier before the start of a vigil on December 27, 2015 in Chicago, Illinois. LeGrier, a 19-year-old college student who was home for the holidays, was shot and killed yesterday at the front door of his home by police responding to a domestic dispute call made by his father. Bettie Jones, 55, was also killed by police during the incident. Police have said Jones's death was an accident.]()
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Jacqueline Walker speaks to the press about the death of her friend 55-year-old Bettie Jones on December 27, 2015 in Chicago, Illinois. Jones was shot and killed yesterday at the front door of her home by police responding to a domestic dispute call made by her upstairs neighbor.
![Jacqueline Walker speaks to the press about the death of her friend 55-year-old Bettie Jones on December 27, 2015 in Chicago, Illinois. Jones was shot and killed yesterday at the front door of her home by police responding to a domestic dispute call made by her upstairs neighbor.]()
The daughters of Bettie Jones, along with friends and supporters, hang a picture of her during a vigil outside the family home on December 27, 2015 in Chicago, Illinois. Bettie Jones was shot and killed yesterday at the front door of her home by police responding to a domestic dispute call made by her upstairs neighbor.
![The daughters of Bettie Jones, along with friends and supporters, hang a picture of her during a vigil outside the family home on December 27, 2015 in Chicago, Illinois. Bettie Jones was shot and killed yesterday at the front door of her home by police responding to a domestic dispute call made by her upstairs neighbor.]()
LaTonya Jones, the daughter of Bettie Jones, gets comfort from her father Garry Mullen during a vigil to honor Bettie, a 55-year-old mother of 5, on December 27, 2015 in Chicago, Illinois. Bettie Jones was shot and killed yesterday at the front door of her home by police responding to a domestic dispute call made by her upstairs neighbor. Quintonio LeGrier, was also killed by police during the incident.
![LaTonya Jones, the daughter of Bettie Jones, gets comfort from her father Garry Mullen during a vigil to honor Bettie, a 55-year-old mother of 5, on December 27, 2015 in Chicago, Illinois. Bettie Jones was shot and killed yesterday at the front door of her home by police responding to a domestic dispute call made by her upstairs neighbor. Quintonio LeGrier, was also killed by police during the incident.]()
CHICAGO, IL - DECEMBER 27: LaTonya Jones, the daughter of Bettie Jones holds a picture of her mother during a vigil outside her home on December 27, 2015 in Chicago, Illinois. Bettie Jones was shot and killed yesterday at the front door of her home by police responding to a domestic dispute call made by her upstairs neighbor. Quintonio LeGrier, was also killed by police during the incident.
![CHICAGO, IL - DECEMBER 27: LaTonya Jones, the daughter of Bettie Jones holds a picture of her mother during a vigil outside her home on December 27, 2015 in Chicago, Illinois. Bettie Jones was shot and killed yesterday at the front door of her home by police responding to a domestic dispute call made by her upstairs neighbor. Quintonio LeGrier, was also killed by police during the incident.]()
CHICAGO, IL - DECEMBER 27: Family, friends and supporters gather outside the home of Bettie Jones and Quintonio LeGrier during a vigil.(Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
The father of 19-year-old Quintonio LeGrier, an engineering student who was shot and killed by police in Saturday’s police-involved shooting, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the city on Monday, the Sun-Times reports.
Antonio LeGrier’s lawsuit alleges that police made no move to help his son as he lay dying, and that the city has confiscated video pertaining to the shooting.
LeGrier also alleges that police arrested him, though he hadn't committed a crime, and took him to a station for questioning, “thereby separating him from his dying son and family,” the Sun-Times says.
The lawsuit further claims that when Quintonio was shot, he had not broken any laws, or done “anything that suggested that he was armed with a weapon,” according to the Sun-Times.
