BREAKING: FIRED -Chicago Police Supt. Garry McCarthy by Mayor Emanuel

Chicago’s top cop has been fired, according to the Chicago Sun-Times and Chicago Tribune, citing sources.

Police Supt. Garry McCarthy, who came under fire following the release of a videotape showing a white cop shooting a black suspect 16 times, was “shell-shocked” after he was fired by Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Tuesday, the Sun-Times reported. Emanuel states that "trust in McCarthy's leadership has been erroded since the Laquan McDonald shooting investigation." The Mayor also stated that the superintendent had done good work with the investigation but the firing was more the result of a personal conflict with McCarthy.

McCarthy was on the radio to talk about the shooting of Laquan McDonald, the black teen holding a knife who was shot by Officer Jason Van Dyke in October 2014. Van Dyke has since been charged with first-degree murder in the incident, but the length of the probe into Van Dyke, and the timing of the video’s release that showed the shooting have been loudly criticized by black leaders and many in the press.

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www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics

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