Pedro Rios Jr., a 14-year-old Latino boy, was fatally shot by a Chicago police officer on July 4, 2014, in the Portage Park neighborhood. Officers saw him crossing Cicero Avenue at Berenice and suspected he was holding something under his shirt. Officers Nicholas Redelsperger and Eric Bellomy tried to stop Pedro; he fled into a nearby alley and Redelsperger fired, striking him in the back. Pedro then attempted to flee again and was struck by the police vehicle driven by Bellomy.

Officers said Pedro pointed a gun at them multiple times, but his family disputed that he ever brandished it or posed a direct threat. The family’s attorney said Pedro was shot in the back while running away, then shot again near the hip as he fell; an autopsy found two gunshot wounds to the back and a bullet trajectory consistent with him being face down when shot. Pedro’s parents, Laura and Pedro Rios Sr., filed a federal civil suit against the City of Chicago and the officers alleging excessive force and wrongful death and seeking release of surveillance footage. The case was headed for trial when the city reached a $1.2 million settlement with the family.

Does anyone have more information about the alley surveillance footage or witnesses who saw what happened that day?