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Illinois Cop Charged in the Fatal Shooting of Marcellis Stinnette
In addition to fatally shooting Marcellis Stinnette, Officer Dante Salinas wounded Stinnette’s girlfriend Tafara Williams.
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Body and Dash Camera Footage of Marcellis Stinnette Shooting by Illinois Police Released
Last week, The Root reported that 19-year old Marcellis Stinnette was fatally shot by a police officer in Waukegan, Ill.—a suburb of Chicago—while sitting in the passenger seat of a car his girlfriend, Tafara Williams, was driving on Oct. 20. Williams was also shot but survived her wounds, and as she recovered in the hospital…
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Woman Who Survived Police Shooting Vows to Keep Fighting for Slain Boyfriend: ‘Don’t Allow Them to Do This to Us’
Less than a week ago, Tafara Williams saw her boyfriend and the father of her infant child shot dead in front of her. Williams, 20, was in the driver’s seat of a car, while her boyfriend, Marcellis Stinnette, 19, was seated in the passenger seat next to her. Shot by a suburban Chicago police officer…