"Toledo appeared to raise his hands right before Stillman fired one shot and then ran to the boy as he fell to the ground. "Shots fired, shots fired. Get an ambulance over here now," the police officer was heard saying in the video. "Stay with me, stay with me," Stillman said. "Somebody bring the medical kit now!" The Chicago Police Department said immediately following the incident that Toledo had a gun in his hand. The gun had been dropped long before Stillman shot Toledo, after Toledo had put his hands into the air... Toledo complied with Officer Stillman's orders, dropped his weapon and turned around, hands up, before the officer opened fire."
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Adam Toledo
Adam Toledo (May 26, 2007 – March 29, 2021) was a Mexican American boy who was killed during a police foot chase, after being shot with his hands raised. Chicago police officer Eric Stillman was not charged for Toledo's death. A series of protests against police brutality developed across Chicago and around the United States.
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