Video shows off-duty Chicago cop in deadly shooting of assailant: 'I told you I'd shoot you'
Leevon Smith died in a hospital two days after the shooting
Chicago's Civilian Office of Police Accountability (COPA) released multiple third-party videos Thursday of a fatal encounter between an off-duty city police officer and an unarmed alleged robber, along with audio recordings of 911 calls from the incident.
The incident took place Jan. 18 when a female police officer walked out of a building to break up what appeared to be an argument involving four people.
The four individuals can be heard in the video arguing as they shouted over one another. The officer tried to intervene. At one point, the officer tries to tell them that it was "OK" and to "calm down." Three of them walked away, but Leevon M. Smith, 39, stayed behind.
The two were speaking, and as the officer turned to walk away, Smith allegedly grabbed her from behind and grabbed her gun to try and disarm her.
"I'll kill you, I'll kill you," the officer warned Smith. She was trying to wrestle herself free from Smith's grip, and they both fell to the ground. As they struggled over the weapon, she fired her first shot at Smith.
Smith could be heard saying, "I'm sorry," before she fired her second shot. "Oh, s---, you got me, you got me."
The officer yelled, "I told your dumb--- I'd kill you."
Then she fired her third shot.
"Damn, baby, I'm sorry. OK, OK, OK!" Smith replied.
"Now your dumb--- going to jail," she told him.
"I don't want to die, baby. Please." he replied.
The officer shouted for someone to call for help. "Call the police, I just shot somebody!"
"You thought I was playing?" the officer shouted. "I told you I'd shoot you."
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Leevon Smith died in a hospital two days after the shooting
Chicago's Civilian Office of Police Accountability (COPA) released multiple third-party videos Thursday of a fatal encounter between an off-duty city police officer and an unarmed alleged robber, along with audio recordings of 911 calls from the incident.
The incident took place Jan. 18 when a female police officer walked out of a building to break up what appeared to be an argument involving four people.
The four individuals can be heard in the video arguing as they shouted over one another. The officer tried to intervene. At one point, the officer tries to tell them that it was "OK" and to "calm down." Three of them walked away, but Leevon M. Smith, 39, stayed behind.
The two were speaking, and as the officer turned to walk away, Smith allegedly grabbed her from behind and grabbed her gun to try and disarm her.
"I'll kill you, I'll kill you," the officer warned Smith. She was trying to wrestle herself free from Smith's grip, and they both fell to the ground. As they struggled over the weapon, she fired her first shot at Smith.
Smith could be heard saying, "I'm sorry," before she fired her second shot. "Oh, s---, you got me, you got me."
The officer yelled, "I told your dumb--- I'd kill you."
Then she fired her third shot.
"Damn, baby, I'm sorry. OK, OK, OK!" Smith replied.
"Now your dumb--- going to jail," she told him.
"I don't want to die, baby. Please." he replied.
The officer shouted for someone to call for help. "Call the police, I just shot somebody!"
"You thought I was playing?" the officer shouted. "I told you I'd shoot you."
Video shows off-duty Chicago cop in deadly shooting of assailant: 'I told you I'd shoot you'
An off-duty Chicago police officer fatally shot an unarmed attacker three times in a violent encounter caught on surveillance video that has been released to the public.
