Inspector general’s office issues McDonald shooting report

Dash cam video released in November contradicted accounts by officers on the scene that the 17-year-old McDonald lunged at officers with a knife, on October 20, 2014.

Escalante applied to be the permanent superintendent but the job went to another high-ranking member of the department, Eddie Johnson.

McNaughton was one of several officers who signed off on a report that indicated Van Dyke only fired his weapon in fear of his life, when McDonald was approaching him with a knife.

McNaughton’s retirement comes after the release of a city inspector general report, which called for the firing or discipline of at least 10 cops with ties to the McDonald case, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. The video shows the teen was walking away from officers before Van Dyke opened fire, hitting him 16 times.

In the video, McDonald did not appear to be moving an a way that posed a threat to Van Dyke or other officers, or support accounts by officers that the teenager lunged at them. He already faces first-degree murder charges in McDonald’s death. In a news release Tuesday, the school said Escalante will assume the post September 7. McCarthy’s dismissal came shortly after the release of the McDonald video.

Also, today amid the ongoing controversy of the McDonald shooting, the number the second command First Deputy Superintendent and former interim superintendent John Escalante announced he was leaving to become the police chief at Northeastern Illinois University.

Northeastern Illinois University President Sharon Hahs said in a statement that Escalante “has a national reputation in the field of law enforcement for his experience, integrity and leadership”. A spokeswoman for Inspector General Joseph Ferguson refused to comment.

Anthony Guglielmi, spokesman for the Chicago Police Department, confirmed to NBC 5 a report was being reviewed by the department. He said the department would respond to the report, but didn’t know how long that would take.