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April 10, 2012

Chicago: Lawsuit Launched Over Shooting Death of Unarmed Woman by Off-Duty Cop 
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The family of a 22-year-old woman who was fatally shot last month by an
off-duty police officer in Chicago has filed a wrongful death lawsuit. A
lawyer for the family of Rekia Boyd said Detective Dante Servin shot
Boyd and a man she was with after getting into an argument with the man,
39-year-old Antonio Cross. The lawyer said neither victim was armed.
Police originally claimed Cross had pulled a gun, but no gun was found
at the scene. Boyd was shot in the back of the head and died a day
later.



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