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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Gustaf Kilander

‘Beyond an injustice’: Murder charges dropped after mom tells son to shoot violent man at fast-food restaurant

Chicago Police Department

The murder charges against Carlishia Hood, the mother seen in a video urging her 14-year-old son to shoot and kill a man at a fast food restaurant, have been dropped after further footage came to light showing the man punching her.

Cook County prosecutors in Chicago dropped the charges against the 35-year-old as well as her son following the death of a man at a restaurant in West Pullman.

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