On April 10, during a proffer reading in court for criminal charges filed against the adult who gave Toledo the handgun involved in the incident, a Cook County assistant prosecutor falsely told the judge that Toledo was holding the gun at the time Toledo was shot; the assistant prosecutor was later placed on administrative leave for this statement.[6] On April 15, Stillman's body cam video recording was released, showing Toledo running away and dropping a handgun before he turned towards Stillman and raised his empty hands.[7][8][9] According to the Chicago Police Department, Stillman shot at the boy less than a second after he dropped the gun.[10] An area resident who said she witnessed the shooting from her apartment window across the street said that Toledo was complying with the officer's requests when he was shot.[11]
The release of the body cam video sparked protests in Chicago and around the country.[12][13] Toledo was one of the youngest people killed by the police in the state of Illinois in years.[14] His death has been connected by some analysts to a broader pattern of disproportionate police violence against Latinos[15][16] and other children of color.[17][18] It also occurred as the United States was grappling with several high-profile cases of police killing unarmed people of color.[19][20]
In May 2021, the First Assistant State's Attorney who had reviewed the inaccurate proffer was forced to resign.[6] In March 2022, authorities announced there would be no criminal charges brought against the officer involved in the killing of Toledo.[2] The Assistant State's Attorney who gave the inaccurate proffer later became a judicial candidate in 2023.[21]
^ abHendrickson, Matthew (May 5, 2021). "First assistant state's attorney forced out following investigation on proffer involving Adam Toledo shooting". Chicago Sun Times. Archived from the original on May 5, 2021. Retrieved July 8, 2022. One of Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx's top prosecutors was forced to resign this week after an internal investigation revealed she did not review an in-court statement a fellow prosecutor made about 13-year-old Adam Toledo holding a gun before he was shot and killed by Chicago police in Little Village.