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Posted: Thursday, 04 June 2009 8:07PM
Family of boy struck, killed by drunk cop wants answers
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CHICAGO (STNG) -- The family of a 13-year-old boy killed last month when a Chicago Police officer allegedly struck him with his SUV and fled filed a petition for discovery in Cook County Circuit court Thursday.
About 1:30 a.m. on May 22, Trenton Booker was struck and killed by a Dodge Charger near West 81st Street and South Ashland Avenue.
The vehicle fled the scene, and Trenton, of 8402 S. May St., was pronounced dead at Holy Cross Hospital just minutes after arriving there.
Chicago Police officer Richard Bolling, 39, was taken into custody shortly after the incident and charged with aggravated driving under the influence, reckless homicide and leaving the scene of an accident with death or injury, according to Sally Daley, spokeswoman for Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez. Police News Affairs said Bolling was also cited with driving in the wrong direction on a one-way street and transportation of alcohol.
Trenton’s father, Terrence Booker, filed the petition Thursday asking the city to release information regarding Bolling’s vehicle used in the incident.
The petition states that documents about the vehicle and Bolling’s use of the vehicle are needed to “fully and accurately” determine who may be liable when the family files a wrongful death lawsuit for the death of their son.
Bolling was released from prison on Tuesday after posting $100,000 bail, according to a Cook County Sheriff’s Department spokesman.
Initially, Cook County Circuit Court Judge James Brown set bond at $2 million on May 24 and ordered Bolling to surrender his service weapon as a condition of the bond, according to the Cook County State’s Attorney’s office. His bond has since been reduced to $1 million.
The tests on Bolling revealed a blood-alcohol level of .079, just shy of the .08 legal limit, prosecutors said.
Officers who arrested Bolling in the 1900 block of West 82nd Street noticed a “moderate odor” of alcohol on Bolling’s breath and indicated that he “did not seem to be impaired” after he performed the standard field sobriety test, the police report stated.
Bolling’s next court date has been set for June 12/
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