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Exclusive: Surveillance video shows lifeguard shooting two boys at Douglass Park
cwbchicago ^ | 06 28 2025 | Staff

Posted on 06/29/2025 5:32:13 AM PDT by yesthatjallen

CWBChicago has obtained surveillance footage of a shooting that left one teenager dead and another gravely wounded near the Douglass Park swimming pool on Thursday evening.

Marjay Dotson, 15, died from a gunshot wound to his back, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office. A 14-year-old boy, identified to the media by family members as Jeremy Herred, has undergone surgery for a gunshot wound to his neck.

On Saturday evening, Chicago police announced that murder charges had been filed against 55-year-old Charles Leto of Lakeview.

CPD and fire department personnel responded to the park at 1401 South Sacramento at 7:03 p.m. after 911 callers reported shots fired near the park’s basketball courts and pool.

Officers detained Leto, identified as a pool lifeguard or supervisor, at the scene. He told police the boys “attacked” him as he worked on his bicycle, according to a police report, and claimed to hold a concealed carry license, a fact confirmed by the Chicago Tribune.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: 2ndamendment; banglist; charlesleto; chicago; concealedcarry; cookcounty; cornpop; illinois; iohas; jeremyherred; lakeview; lifeguard; marjaydotson; nra; secondamendment; selfdefense; sonofcornpop; sonsofcornpop; theircorngotpopped
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1 posted on 06/29/2025 5:32:13 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: yesthatjallen

Sounds like he’s unclear as to the duties of a lifeguard.

L


3 posted on 06/29/2025 5:36:43 AM PDT by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: yesthatjallen

Sons of Corn Pop?


5 posted on 06/29/2025 5:41:18 AM PDT by Autonomous User (During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.)
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To: Lurker

If he was outside pool working on his bike he wasn’t on duty. Did you read the article?


6 posted on 06/29/2025 5:42:25 AM PDT by RWGinger
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To: yesthatjallen

At first reading, it sounds like an individual (older, white) was on the sidewalk, working on his bicycle, when he was approached by at least 2, maybe 4 young people who presented an immediate threat. In his defense, the bike owner pulls his gun and shoots, hitting 2 of those 4 youths.
If this is how it went down, those 4 kids must have seen this guy and figured they had an easy mark to rob.


7 posted on 06/29/2025 5:44:06 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: yesthatjallen

Gonna be hard to claim self defense shooting one of them in the back


8 posted on 06/29/2025 5:44:46 AM PDT by Skywise
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To: janetjanet998
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Police tracked down Gangster Lawson, Nasir Blocker, Antron Crawford, and Nehemiah Miller

Authorities say the crew is also linked to similar robberies in Oakland and Beverly Hills"

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9 posted on 06/29/2025 5:46:05 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: Skywise

A white guy shooting a black in the back in Chicago?......dude doesn’t stand a chance.


10 posted on 06/29/2025 5:47:17 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: RWGinger

I knew I should have used a sarcasm tag.

L


11 posted on 06/29/2025 5:51:43 AM PDT by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: lee martell

In Chicago, always carry a gun while fixing your bicycle.


12 posted on 06/29/2025 5:52:56 AM PDT by glorgau
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To: Autonomous User

They were bad dudes and ran with a bad crowd. They were probably just looking to rub the hair on his legs, because he knows about roaches. I still can’t believe that guy was President.


13 posted on 06/29/2025 5:55:42 AM PDT by freefdny
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To: Lurker

As usual.


14 posted on 06/29/2025 5:55:58 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: Autonomous User

Obviously.


15 posted on 06/29/2025 5:56:42 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: Skywise

Uh oh. That’s the problem... get jumped, or threatened by a gang of yutes and then in the scrum end up shooting one in the back, which is what sounds like might have happened here.

He’s in a heap of trouble, it would appear.


16 posted on 06/29/2025 6:01:48 AM PDT by OKSooner (Always carry. Even if all you can handle is a .22, carry it. You might be surprised.)
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To: Lurker

Lol
My bad.
I should have known
Sorry


17 posted on 06/29/2025 6:02:18 AM PDT by RWGinger
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To: glorgau

Just as essential to a Biker as a tire patching kit!
Don’t leave home without it if you got one.


18 posted on 06/29/2025 6:06:07 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: OKSooner

“in the scrum end up shooting one in the back”

Vey plausible. Mass confusion with four assaulting one and the guy trying to avoid a fatal kick to his head or getting his head stomped.


19 posted on 06/29/2025 6:09:06 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Diversity is our Strength” just doesn’t carry the same message as “Death from Above”)
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To: Lurker

[Pow! Pow!] “I said no running!”

Seriously, though, it’s a silly headline, since the shooter’s employment apparently had nothing to do with the incident.


20 posted on 06/29/2025 6:10:13 AM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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