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#1 KevinKorell

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Posted 09 February 2017 - 04:17 PM

WLS-TV, ABC-7 in Chicago, IL, 2/9/17:

 

Amtrak police officer shoots man outside Union Station

 

 

An Amtrak police officer shot a 25-year-old man near Union Station in Chicago's West Loop.

Amtrak provided few details Thursday morning. Officials only said one of their officers, who was on duty Wednesday night, was involved in a shooting near the train station and that the Chicago Police Department was leading the investigation.

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Posted 10 February 2017 - 08:21 AM

Chicago Sun-Times, 2/9:
 

No weapon found after man shot by Amtrak cop near Union Station

 

 

An on-duty Amtrak police officer — apparently responding to a robbery — shot a man Wednesday night about a block south of Union Station in the West Loop.

 

But as of Thursday afternoon, Chicago police, the agency leading the criminal investigation of the incident, had not found a weapon belonging to the man, said CPD spokesman Anthony Guglielmi.

 

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A law enforcement source said the officer opened fire while responding to a robbery and was not hurt. Police said money and narcotics were recovered from the man at the scene.

 

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Posted 10 February 2017 - 05:59 PM

Chicago, IL Tribune, 2/10/17:

 


 

Amtrak officers involved in shooting placed on administrative assignment              

 

Amtrak police officers involved in a shooting which wounded a man near Union Station Wednesday night have been moved to administrative assignments, according to the transit agency.

 

Amtrak spokesman Marc Magliari declined to say how many officers were involved and did not offer any details.

 

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Posted 12 February 2017 - 12:30 PM

Minneapolis, MN Star-Tribune, 2/11/17:

 


 

Family: Minneapolis man shot in Chicago by Amtrak officer is paralyzed

 

A Minneapolis man shot in Chicago by an Amtrak police officer is paralyzed and clinging to life, relatives of the man said Friday.

 

Chad Robertson, 25, was on a layover while heading home by bus from a wedding in Memphis, when he was shot Wednesday outside Chicago's Union Station, according to his sister, Nina Robertson. She said he has been in and out of consciousness and is unable to move or feel anything below his shoulders.

 

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Posted 15 February 2017 - 09:48 PM

Chicago, IL Tribune, 2/15/17:

 


 

Man shot by Amtrak officer near Union Station dies, Chicago police say               

 

A Minneapolis man who was shot by Amtrak police near Chicago's Union Station has died.

 

Chicago Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi says 25-year-old Chad Robertson died Wednesday, one week after being shot.

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Posted 17 February 2017 - 02:15 PM

Chicago Tribune, 2/17:
 

Amtrak police officer charged with murder in shooting near Union Station

 

 

The Cook County state's attorney's office moved quickly to charge an Amtrak police officer who fatally shot an unarmed man during an on-duty incident near Union Station last week.

 

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Prosecutors had asked that Tankson be held without bail, but Judge Maria Kuriakos Ciesil set bond at $250,000 during a hearing Friday at the Leighton Criminal Court Building.

 

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Posted 19 February 2017 - 11:15 AM

WLS Radio, Chicago, IL, 2/19/17:

 


Amtrak cop gets $250,000 bail for on-duty shooting

 

Chad Robertson had already bolted — and was at least 75 feet away — when Amtrak police officer LaRoyce Tankson unholstered his gun, crouched down and fired, sending Robertson crashing face-first to the ground, a Cook County judge was told Friday.

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Posted 23 February 2017 - 10:42 PM

Minnesota Spokesman-Reporter, 2/23/17:

 


First degree murder charge for Amtrak cop who killed Minneapolis man

 

Prosecutors in Chicago have charged an Amtrak police officer with first degree murder after the killing of an unarmed Minneapolis man earlier this month. Layroyce Tankson, 31, was released after posting 10 percent of a $250,000 bond.

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Posted 08 March 2017 - 07:30 PM

US News & World Report, 3/8/17:

 


Union Raises $4,000 for Amtrak Officer Charged With Murder

 

The Amtrak police union has raised thousands of dollars to help one of its officers who was charged with first-degree murder after he fatally shot an unarmed Minneapolis man running away from him at Chicago's Union Station.

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Posted 01 March 2020 - 11:49 AM

Pioneer Press, St. Paul, MN, 2/28/20:

 


 

  Judge acquits Amtrak officer in fatal shooting of Minneapolis man in Chicago  

 

 

 

A judge on Friday acquitted an Amtrak police officer of first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of an unarmed Minneapolis man at a major train station in Chicago.

 

 

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