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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Sounds like he’s unclear as to the duties of a lifeguard.
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Sons of Corn Pop?
If he was outside pool working on his bike he wasn’t on duty. Did you read the article?
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.
Gonna be hard to claim self defense shooting one of them in the back
Police tracked down Gangster Lawson, Nasir Blocker, Antron Crawford, and Nehemiah Miller
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A white guy shooting a black in the back in Chicago?......dude doesn’t stand a chance.
I knew I should have used a sarcasm tag.
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In Chicago, always carry a gun while fixing your bicycle.
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.
As usual.
Obviously.
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.
Lol
My bad.
I should have known
Sorry
Just as essential to a Biker as a tire patching kit!
Don’t leave home without it if you got one.
“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.
[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.
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