Police Officer Charged With Murder of 17-Year-Old Laquan McDonald Walks out of Jail on $1.5 Million Bond
The Chicago police officer who was being held for the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald was released on Monday evening, after posting the requisite 10 percent of his $1.5 million bail, or $150,000.
ABC News reported that Jason Van Dyke, charged last Tuesday with first-degree murder of the black teenager, walked out of Cook County Jail just after 6 p.m.
Officer Van Dyke, indicted for murder of Laquan McDonald, posted $1.5m bond and is walking out of jail right #now pic.twitter.com/yPhN9iKMSo
— Ari Melber (@AriMelber) November 30, 2015
Van Dyke allegedly shot McDonald 16 times in October 2014. Disturbing footage from a police dash cam released earlier this month showed McDonald walking away from Van Dyke, who continued to shoot him after he was on the ground. According to DNAInfo Chicago, prosecutors say that Van Dyke was reloading his weapon when his partner asked him to hold fire.
#BREAKING: Chicago officer Jason VanDyke, charged in murder of Laquan McDonald, posts bond, is leaving jail pic.twitter.com/zW1WJoJiAP
— Sarah Jindra (@SarahJindra) November 30, 2015
The 14-year-police veteran’s charges were announced over a year after McDonald’s death, after a judge ordered officials to release the damning dash cam footage.
