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Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

16 gunshots caught on secret tapes kept hidden. The Laquan McDonald Story

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

iHeartPodcasts and CrimeOnline

News, True Crime

4.28.1K Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2019

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Chicago officer, Jason Van Dyke, fires 16 shots at teenager and robbery suspect Laquan McDonald, killing him in the streets of Chicago. Can an officer on duty be charged with murder? Nancy has the details on the shooting, the video that emerged, and the latest in the case. AND Aspiring Hollywood star, 25-year-old Adea Shabani, leaves her apartment never to be seen alive again. Her body is discovered a month later, hundreds of miles from home. The main suspect is her boyfriend, Christopher Spotz. Nancy's expert panel weighs in: Kenya Johnson:  Atlanta prosecutor Dr. Patricia Saunders:  Clinical Psychologist Dr. Kris Sperry:      Retired Chief Medical Examiner for the State of Georgia   David Mack:   Syndicated Radio Host Dr. William Morrone: Deputy Medical Examiner in Bay County Michigan   Ashley Willcott:  Juvenile Court Judge & Trial Attorney Joseph Scott Morgan: Forensics expert, Dr. Caryn Stark:  Pshycologist Leigh Egan:  Crimeonline.com investigative reporter

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you're hearing the 911 call the night that a teen a 17 year old is gunned down joining me right now syndicated talk to your host Dave Mac Dave what happened police were called because there was a report of a young person breaking into cars with a knife multiple police converged on the scene and when we

1:50.0

first see the you can hear on that 911 or the dispatch calls back and forth between law enforcement and dispatch that they drive through a parking lot of a burger king that's on the dash cam video that we can see as Lequan is trying to run away from the police.

2:05.2

Okay, stop right there. Stop right there. You're telling me in the video you see the 17 year old running from police. Yes, ma'am.

2:15.1

You actually can see him run directly in front of one of the dash cam videos that clearly shows him sprinting through the burger king parking lot.

2:24.4

Why was you running from police? Well, they were called because they had a report that there was somebody breaking into cars and that the perpetrator allegedly had a knife.

2:33.6

That was the first call when police arrived he took off what I'm trying to determine is whether he was a threat.

2:41.3

Kidney Johnson Atlanta prosecutor when you have a fleeing felon if they pose a threat like they're firing a gun or they're armed and dangerous that allows police to shoot them.

2:56.3

In this case, I'm not hearing that I'm hearing him is breaking into cars.

3:00.0

If it's a lay back that he had a weapon on him, then that certainly is a threat for police.

3:06.4

But where this changes is that the young man was walking away from the police. Hold on. Hold on.

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Kenya, Kenya Johnson. You know, you've had a lot of courtrooms success, but let me give you a little phrase you may want to use in the future.

3:22.5

Don't bring a knife to a gunfight. Okay. All he has a knife. The cops are armed. They're armed with and they're wearing bulletproof vests.

3:34.2

So he has a knife and he's running away as you accurately pointed out what happened then, Dave Mac.

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