Man Shot And Killed In West Town
Detectives are trying to piece together what happened after Qantis Smith was shot and killed late Saturday night in the West Town neighborhood.
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Detectives are trying to piece together what happened after Qantis Smith was shot and killed late Saturday night in the West Town neighborhood.
Roberson was working as a security guard at Manny's Blue Room in Robbins last week when he was fatally shot by a police officer.
One of the victims was home from college for Thanksgiving, but his father said he'll now spend the holiday in the hospital.
"Release the name of the officer. He has nothing to hide. Release the autopsy report. Include in your statements to the public information that goes both ways, that will provide more clarity about what happened."
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"We're not going to tolerate a cover-up. We're not going to tolerate this being swept under the rug. We're calling for a full investigation," Rev. Marshall Hatch said Friday morning outside the Midlothian Police Department.
Chicago church leaders are calling for the white Midlothian police officer who shot and killed a black security guard to be fired.
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Not only did Manny's Blue Room have an expired liquor license, it was the fifth infraction in the past four years for the establishment.
Lee Merritt, who represents Roberson's child Tristan, the child's mother and his unborn child said the family is grieving and they want transparency from the authorities in Midlothian.
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In their first official account of the police shooting that killed an armed security guard at a bar in south suburban Robbins, state police said Jemel Roberson ignored officers' orders to drop his weapon.
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Two days after 26-year-old security guard Jemel Roberson was allegedly fatally shot and killed by a Midlothian police officer, new details are emerging about Roberson's life and the circumstances surrounding his shooting.
It's not the first shooting to take place at the bar. Two men were wounded there in March of 2005. An attorney for one of the victims sued the bar under the Dram Shop Act which holds an establishment or host liable if they over serve someone alcohol and that person causes an injury.
Police say the man was being held on a preliminary charge of involuntary manslaughter. The Macon County State's Attorney's Office was expected to review the case
"The police officer used excessive and unreasonable force," Roberson family attorney Greg Kulis said.
Witnesses said Jemel Roberson was armed, holding down a shooter who had opened fire in the bar, when police walked in and shot Roberson.
A Midlothian Police officer discharged a weapon, killing an armed individual.
Roy Lee, 38, of Chicago, was charged with one felony count of aggravated battery/use of a deadly weapon.
Police responded to a shooting at Manny's Luxury Lounge, in Robbins Sunday around 4 a.m.
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