CHICAGO (WLS) — Chicago police are investigating the taking pictures loss of life of a person shot whereas in the course of a Fb Stay stream on the town’s West Facet.
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A video seen nearly two million occasions on Fb confirmed Kevin Watson, 42, getting out of a automotive. Seconds later, gunfire may be heard.
It occurred mere blocks away from a police station in South Austin.
Shut pals of the sufferer who witnessed the lethal taking pictures spoke solely with ABC7.
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The taking pictures occurred round 6:14 p.m. Wednesday within the 5000 block of West Madison Road in South Austin, Chicago police stated.
Watson was sitting in a automotive when one other automobile approached and somebody inside started taking pictures, CPD stated. He died from his accidents.
The Cook dinner County Medical Examiner confirmed the sufferer’s identification.
Watson’s household and pals have been left in mourning after his ultimate moments have been captured on Fb Stay.
I rubbed his palm and I squeezed his hand, and he would not squeeze again.
Lamar Spencer, shut buddy of sufferer and witness
“He was choking for breath,” Watson’s cousin Jacquez Smith stated. “He was making an attempt to battle to breathe.”
All of it unfolded proper after Watson left his cousin’s job at a close-by liquor retailer to start his Fb Stay in his automotive.
“I would not have let him stroll out the shop,” Smith stated. “He was man. It doesn’t matter what he finished, he helped individuals, you recognize? He helped me get this job in right here.”
Shut pals, turned heartbroken witnesses, stated Watson was speaking to somebody as he was strolling to his automotive.
“He was speaking to a man, and he was going to his automotive, then the man adopted behind him,” stated Alvin Jackson, an in depth buddy and witness. “So, the man adopted behind him and pulled the gun on him. He was making an attempt to wrestle with the gun, and the gun went off.”
Police stated the 40-year-old man was shot in his chest.
“I rubbed his palm and I squeezed his hand, and he would not squeeze again,” stated Lamar Spencer, an in depth buddy and witness.
Kin stated he leaves behind a 6-year-old son and stated Watson was killed simply weeks shy of his personal birthday.
“We will have to determine the way to transfer on and be robust, daily, to assist one another get cross this, as a result of this did not simply harm one particular person,” shut buddy Freddie Collier stated. “This harm a number of us.”
Police have not given a motive behind the taking pictures. Thus far, nobody has been arrested.
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