Eight years after it happened, COPA releases recordings from night CPD Officer James Hunt shot, killed DeSean Pittman, 17

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Eight years after it happened, COPA releases recordings from night CPD Officer James Hunt shot, killed DeSean Pittman, 17
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The officer who pulled the trigger was James Hunt, who also bragged on camera about killing someone and who has since been relieved of his police powers.

-- Eight years after a Chicago Police officer shot and killed a 17-year-old on the city's South Side, the Civilian Office of Police Accountability is finally releasing recordings from the crime scene., who also bragged on camera about killing someone and who has since been relieved of his police powers.

But for years, Pittman's family has been trying to get more information about the shooting — which was ruled a"reasonable" use of force back in 2017. First, a caller reports hearing shots fired. She tells a dispatcher she's crying because she's scared, and reports that she did not see who was shooting.Thus began the chain of events that led to the shooting that killed Pittman. His family was told four Chicago Police officers arrived on the scene.

"Did they ever say which bullet actually killed him?" said Bonnette Jernigan, Pittman's grandmother."The first? The second? The third? The fourth? The fifth? The sixth?"

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