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Chicago’s police oversight agency on Wednesday released several videos related to the investigation into the fatal police shooting of Anthony Alvarez last month in the city’s Portage Park neighborhood. But questions remain on what led to the shooting – questions that both the mayor and the city’s top cop declined to answer.

Video of Chicago police fatally shooting Anthony Alvarez late last month was released Wednesday, one day after his family viewed the footage they said left them with more questions than answers.

COPA releases body camera footage and other materials in the shooting death of Anthony Alvarez by a Chicago police officer, but some questions still remain. NBC 5’s Alex Maragos has a recap of the day’s events.

The Civilian Office of Police Accountability said the oversight agency recommended that the officer who fired the shots be relieved of police powers pending the investigation.

Chicago’s police oversight agency said Wednesday it had recommended that the officer who fatally shot 22-year-old Anthony Alvarez in the city’s Portage Park neighborhood late last month be relieved of his police powers pending the investigation into the shooting.

Chicago Police Supt. David Brown spoke Wednesday following the release of footage showing the fatal shooting of Anthony Alvarez by police.

Along with releasing video of the fatal police shooting of Adam Toledo, the city of Chicago also made public on Thursday reports identifying the officer who shot the 13-year-old boy as Eric Stillman.

The city of Chicago on Thursday released video of the fatal police shooting of 13-year-old Adam Toledo, as Mayor Lori Lightfoot and the boy’s family together called for people to “express themselves peacefully” following the “incredibly painful” release.

The attorney for Adam Toledo’s family said the 13-year-old did not have a gun in his hand when he was shot and killed by a Chicago police officer. NBC 5’s Vi Nguyen has the story.

Note: Due to the nature of the footage, NBC 5 is reviewing all videos released and will publish them below shortly. (WARNING: The video contains graphic content and may be disturbing to some viewers. PLEASE NOTE: NBC 5 is not showing the moment Adam Toledo is shot. The audio of the scene will continue to play as the video pauses.)

Video showing Chicago police fatally shooting 13-year-old Adam Toledo will be released Thursday afternoon, along with other materials related to the investigation.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and the family of Adam Toledo, the 13-year-old boy fatally shot by Chicago police last month, called for people to “express themselves peacefully” on Thursday as the city awaits the release of video of the deadly shooting.

Video showing Chicago police fatally shooting 13-year-old Adam Toledo will be released today, along with other materials related to the investigation. Lauren Petty reports.

The family of Adam Toledo, the 13-year-old boy fatally shot by a Chicago police officer late last month, will see body camera footage of the shooting next week, attorneys for the family said Friday.

The family of Adam Toledo said Monday that the 13-year-old boy who Chicago police fatally shot last week was “loved and supported,” issuing a statement to “correct the hurtful and false mischaracterization” from an alderman who said the child “had nobody” in his life who could “claim him as their own, except a gang.”

Chicago Police Supt. David Brown on Monday released new information in the department’s narrative of the fatal police shooting of Adam Toledo, detailing why the 13-year-old wasn’t identified for two days but declining to say whether or not the boy was holding the gun recovered at the scene.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Monday called for a review of the Chicago Police Department’s foot-chase policy, a week after a 13-year-old boy was killed by police during a foot chase in Little Village.

Chicago’s police oversight agency said it will release video of the fatal shooting of a 13-year-old boy by Chicago police in the city’s Little Village neighborhood.

The mother of a 13-year-old boy fatally shot in Little Village by Chicago Police gave an emotional plea Friday, asking for answers to her son’s death.

Calls to release body-camera video grew Thursday after the person Chicago police fatally shot in the Little Village neighborhood earlier in the week was identified as a 13-year-old boy.