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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Emmanuel Camarillo

Chicago Police Board votes to fire officer who fatally shot apparently unarmed man in 2018

Officer Sheldon Thrasher was found guilty of using deadly force without justification by the Chicago Police Board. (Sun-Times file)

The Chicago Police Board on Thursday voted unanimously to fire an officer who shot and killed an apparently unarmed man during a 2018 foot chase on the South Side.

In a 7-0 vote, the board found Officer Sheldon Thrasher guilty of using deadly force without justification in the June 6, 2018, incident, when Thrasher fatally shot Maurice Granton Jr. in the back as he climbed a fence.

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