Macomb Illinois

Bodycam video shows fatal police shooting of 4-year-old Illinois boy and man holding him hostage

I am struggling to wrap my head around the tragic events that unfolded in Macomb, Illinois, where a 4-year-old boy lost his life at the hands of the very people who were meant to protect and serve. The bodycam footage of the fatal police shooting of this young child and the man holding him hostage is nothing short of heart-wrenching. It is incomprehensible to think that in a situation where a man with a knife was holding a child, the immediate response was to shoot, ultimately resulting in the death of both the hostage taker and the innocent child he was holding.… Continue reading