Posted on 06/29/2025 2:24:05 PM PDT by TigerClaws
A Chicago Park District lifeguard has been charged in the fatal shooting of one teen and the critical injury of another near Douglass Park's swimming pool. The accused, Charles Leto, 55, faces several charges including first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, the shooting occurred around 7 p.m. on Thursday and resulted in the death of Marjay Dotson, 15, and severe injuries to Jeremy Herred, 14, a cousin of Laquan McDonald, a teenager killed by Chicago police in 2014.
Leto, a Lake View resident, was reportedly fixing his bike when the teenagers were shot. Initial claims by Leto, suggesting self-defense, were met with skepticism by Jeff Neslund, an attorney representing the victims' families, who said, "Those two kids attacked me and followed me. … I defended myself, I have a license.” During a statement, Neslund urged prosecutors to consider hate crime charges due to the racial dynamics involved—the alleged gunman is white while both victims are Black. Meanwhile, the CBS Chicago report highlighted the families' demand for answers and justice after the tragic event.
“No Running Around the Pool, damnit!”
RE: Video circulating online.
On the George Floyd Inflammatory Network? They’ve been waiting for a martyr. Summertime.
Depends on the revelation of races of the sides.
“Teen” and “a cousin of Laquan” are clues but the quiz game isn’t over.
Guilty. Riots.
It turned out to be a Baby Ruth bar.
The video may not tell the whole story, but it doesn’t look good.
He reacted so fast that there must have been a prior engagement.
That poor schlub is going to made an example of to make normal law-abiding citizens submit to beatings, robbery and head-stompings by feral inner-city yutes.
“Reginald Denny assaults concrete block with his head!”
Marjay Dotson should have stayed out of Leto’s grill.
Effing feral yutes.
GRAPHIC video of shooting here:
https://x.com/Tr00peRR/status/1939091200566534424
Apparently, there was an altercation at the pool with the ‘youths’ and a tug of war over the bike.
But.. politics. So he’s charged. Likely to be raped and murdered in prison as well.
Story now says allegedly Charles Leto , age 55.
Looks a little like Bruce Willis at least around the hairline.
He is in deep trouble.
The city is on the hook for civil damages as the defender is a city employee on his way home from work.
I'm going to live a week longer thanks to you.;-)
Until 2020, this park was named for US Senator Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois. When the neighborhood changed, activists demanded that the park be renamed for Frederick Douglass.
The park was created by William LeBaron Jenney and. later, redeveloped by Jens Jensen, two notable figures from Chicago history. The park was once located in a fashionable district, but now it is in an urban ghetto.
They often walk up and say things such as : “You daid, (dead) Honky”. Might provoke this response…I for one would believe them.
This guy is skarewed.
The high video angle suggests a mounted security camera, but the images jerk around as if the camera was handheld. If the camera was handheld, why was someone filming a man working on a bicycle BEFORE anything happened? Because it’s edited and we aren’t seeing what started this?
Looks to me as if the “teens” planned to stroll along, then suddenly surround and either jump the lifeguard, or snatch his bike. The one on the right seems to reach in close and point something, as if he was aiming a firearm. Enhanced video might make a big difference in perception of the case.
The teen in the middle never came close to the shooter, yet was shot while retreating. The “teen” on the left was shot while moving away. Clearcut self-defense, this ain’t.
Looked like one came up and pointed something at him.
I can’t tell from the video if green shirt was trying to talk to the girl or the lifeguard. Even if he was threatening bike guy I don’t think there’s justification to open fire there unless he was brandishing which AFAIK he wasn’t.
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