The 19-year-old man fatally shot by Chicago police last weekend spent most of his life in foster care, and his longtime foster mother says she never saw him be violent.
But QuintonioLeGrier had run-ins with police in the past year at Northern Illinois University, including a charge of battery for allegedly punching someone.
Chicago police say LeGrier was "combative" toward officers before he was shot early Saturday. A 55-year-old neighbor, Bettie Jones, was accidentally hit and killed by gunfire.
State records show the Illinois Department of Family Services took custody of LeGrier when he was 5 because of allegations of abuse by his mother.
His foster mother, Mary Strenger, says LeGrier lived with her for 12 years. She says he was a strong student and "never got in trouble."
