Chicago police arrest man shortly after announcement he is suing city
CHICAGO -- Chicago police arrested a man on a murder warrant moments after he announced he's suing the city over for being shot by officers seven times in 2014.
The Chicago Tribune reports police arrested 25-year-old Dominiq Greer after a news conference Wednesday at his attorney's office.
Police said Greer was arrested on suspicion of killing 22-year-old Kevin Larry on May 27 inside an apartment.
Greer's attorney, Eugene Hollander, did not immediately return a call from The Associated Press regarding the arrest.
Earlier, Greer said he is seeking $15 million over his July 4, 2014, shooting. At the news conference, Greer's attorneys released surveillance video from his 2014 run-in with police, CBS Chicago reported.
On the video, Greer can be seen running away from police officers with a gun in his hand just before dawn. He appears to throw the weapon away, but trips and falls.
Police have said his weapon fired when it hit the ground. That's when Officer Lawrence Cosban shot Greer three times.
Greer, a Social Security Administration janitor, can be seen getting up and trying to run away, but that's when his attorney says Cosban shot him four more times. Greer is at the top of the screen in the shadows when he's hit the final four times.
Attorney Eugene Hollander said Greer spent the next eight days in the hospital, and the next seven months in jail.
Greer and his attorney said the shooting was entirely unwarranted.
"The most egregious part is all of it. From the chase in the alley, to shooting him three times when he's on the ground, to shooting four more times when he reaches the T in the alley; and the last shots is when Cosman was about eight feet away from Mr. Greer. Eight feet away, he fires his service revolver at him. So when you ask me what's the most egregious thing, it is not one thing, it is all of it combined," Hollander said.
A review by the Independent Police Review Authority found the gun fired when Greer tossed it.
Police initially charged Greer with attempted murder of a peace officer, but the charge later was dropped. He still faces a charge of unlawful use of a weapon, CBS Chicago reported.
Greer said he suffered lifelong debilitating injuries, and that's why he's suing Cosban and the city.
"They should have did their job and tried to catch me, instead of shooting me. If I ain't never bring no harm to you, why'd you bring harm to me?" Greer said.