The mayor of Waukegan, Illinois, made an emotional plea for residents to stay calm after police opened fire on a car occupied by an unarmed young Black couple, killing one and wounding the other.
Mayor Sam Cunningham said he is close personal friends with the grieving families of the couple shot on Tuesday night in the Chicago suburb, prompting outrage and plans for a large protest on Thursday.
Relatives identified the couple as 19-year-old Marcellis Stinnette, who was killed, and Tafarra Willams, the mother of his baby, who was wounded.
Lake County Coroner Dr. Howard Cooper confirmed Stinnette's identity on Thursday and said preliminary autopsy results indicate he died "from injuries due to gunshot."
"This is tough on Waukegan. This is tough on this community," Cunningham said at a news conference on Wednesday. " I know these families personally."
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