CHICAGO — A Chicago police officer facing a first-degree murder charge for shooting a teen 16 times was released from county jail Monday evening, hours after a judge set bond at $1.5 million.
Officer Jason <culink title="" class="culinks" style="font-weight: 400 !important;" href="http://curiyo.com/en/topic/Van Dyke" culang="en">Van Dyke</culink> had been in jail since Tuesday after prosecutors charged him with the Oct. 20, 2014, shooting of Laquan McDonald. Also on Tuesday, the city released dashcam video that shows the teen, who is black, being shot by Van Dyke, who is white.
Ben Breit, a Cook County sheriff's department spokesman, said late Monday afternoon that Van Dyke posted bail — 10% of the bail set by the judge, or $150,000 — and was released.
