Marcellis Stinnette, a 19-year-old Black man, was fatally shot by police officer Dante Salinas [1] in Waukegan, Illinois, United States shortly before midnight on October 20, 2020.
[2] In her October 27 statement, Williams disputed the police's account, telling the press, "There was a crash, and I lost control.
[3] According to NBC News, dashboard camera footage from the Salinas' vehicle released on October 28 shows Williams's car, with an officer in pursuit, turning in front of the second officer's car, before stopping on a grass embankment about twenty seconds later.
It is unclear whether the officer exited his vehicle before yelling "get out of the fucking", at which point Williams's car begins to reverse.
[4][5] The car cannot be seen in the dash camera footage at this point, but the audio can be heard of an engine roaring and six[4] or seven[5] gunshots, followed by tires squealing[4] and a crash.
Salinas' body camera was not activated at the time of the shooting, and no video released on October 28 shows the shots being fired.
[2] Salinas, who had been with the department for five years, was fired on October 23 for "multiple policy and procedure violations", including failing to activate his body camera,[4] according to the police chief.
The mayor of Waukegan, Sam Cunningham, who is African-American and close friends with the family of the victim, asked for calm.
[9] Members of the family of Jacob Blake, who was shot by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, 16 miles (26 km) north of Waukegan, attended the demonstration.
[6] Clyde McLemore, head of the Lake County chapter of Black Lives Matter, was among those calling for a federal investigation and the release of police video of the shooting.