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Chicago Cop Faces New Charges in Shooting of Black Teen

WCBU | By Associated Press
Published March 23, 2017 at 4:37 PM CDT

A grand jury added 16 counts of aggravated battery with a firearm to the first-degree murder charges against a white Chicago police officer accused in the fatal shooting of a black 17-year-old.  Former Officer Jason Van Dyke shot 17-year-old Laquan McDonald 16 times in October 2014. 

The new indictment brings to 23 the number of felony counts against Van Dyke.  He faces six counts of first-degree murder, one count of official misconduct and now 16 aggravated battery counts.

Van Dyke was charged in 2015 at the same time the city - on a judge's orders - released video of the shooting.
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