CNN | Girlfriend’s account of Waukegan officer killing Marcellis Stinnette varies greatly from police narrative

(CNN) – The girlfriend of Marcellis Stinnette, who survived the shooting that killed the 19-year-old in Waukegan, Illinois, last week, told reporters Tuesday the police harassed her and Stinnette before opening fire without warning after she drove away.

Following the shooting, she said, police took her away and threw a blanket over Stinnette while he was still breathing.

“I know he was still alive,” the 20-year-old mother of two said. She and Stinnette have a 7-month-old son together.  —read more—