On dutyShootingExcessive forceGunKilled by officer
Plaintiff:
Esau Castellanos
Incident date:
03/16/2013
Location:
3359 W. Wilson Ave.
Allegations:
Castellanos was driving east on Wilson Avenue shortly before 3 a.m. when he collided with another car. Officers Lawryn and Martinez began shooting at Castellanos and hit him multiple times, killing him. The officers handcuffed Castellanos to the steering wheel of his car, and the Cook County Medical Examiner determined that his death was a homicide by the police. Lawryn and Martinez claimed Castellanos shot at them and hit them multiple times, but Castellanos did not have a gun, and the officers' vests did not have any bullet holes.