Kid was a gang banger in training, but the still photo shows him empty handed with his hands up. Looks like it’s Chicago’s turn to burn.
He also hid his right hand by turning his body to the side—the hand that the officer thought held the gun. It was dark and hard to see much detail. One still frame shows him with the gun in his right hand. Another shows the gun on the ground along the same fence. He must have got rid of the gun and then, in a flash, he raised both hands without warning. The officer thought he raised his hand to fire the weapon. He had a split second to determine if he was going to get shot. The kid shouldn’t have been out at 2 AM with a gun.