Paul O’Neal’s Family Is Not Going To Like This Opinion About His Death

By Bob Owens

Chicago Police are said to be bracing for violence after releasing body camera and in-car video from an incident that resulted in the death of alleged car thief Paul O’Neal after he nearly ran an officer down during a high-speed pursuit.

Police shot and killed O’Neal last Thursday night near East 74th Street and South Merrill Avenue, while they were trying to stop the car he was driving – a Jaguar police said was reported stolen from southwest suburban Bolingbrook earlier in the day.

The video shows an officer shooting at the stolen car, which advanced towards his partner. Then the stolen car rammed into another squad car. The officers involved in the crash chased O’Neal on foot.

One of those officers shot him in a nearby backyard, after telling him to put his hands up. Then officers screamed at O’Neal while he was on the ground dying, saying, “Why did you have to shoot at us?”

No one was seen rendering any aid.

A source told ABC Eyewitness News that apparently the officers who fired the fatal shots thought O’Neal had fired on the officers who were first on the scene.

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Source:: Bearing Arms