# Adam Toledo

On March 29, 2021, adam toledo, a 13-year-old Latino boy, was shot and killed by Chicago Police Department (CPD) officer Eric Stillman in the Little Village neighborhood on the West Side of Chicago. A few hours after the shooting, the CPD described the incident in a tweet as an "armed confrontation." On April 10, Cook County Assistant State's Attorney James Murphy alleged in court that Toledo was armed when the officer shot him.On April 15, Stillman's body cam video recording was released, appearing to show Toledo dropping a handgun before he turned towards Stillman and raised his empty hands, with 838 milliseconds (5⁄6 of a second) passing between "gun shown in hand and single shot" according to the CPD. An area resident who said she witnessed the shooting from her apartment window across the street said that Toledo was complying with the officer's requests when he was shot. The handgun recovered at the scene by investigators was a 9mm semi-automatic pistol with an empty magazine.The release of the body cam video sparked protests in Chicago and around the country, and Murphy was placed on administrative leave for the misleading description that he delivered in court.