The Chicago police officer who shot a 13-year-old boy in May 2022, leaving him permanently paralyzed, should be fired, the agency tasked with investigating police misconduct and Chicago Police Superintendent Larry Snelling agreed, records show.
The Civilian Office of Police Accountability determined that Officer Noah Ball’s decision to shoot the boy was unjustified, a conclusion endorsed by Snelling, according to records published Friday.
The agency, better known as COPA, found that Ball shot the boy after he had turned toward officers chasing him on foot and “appeared to raise his hands” after being ordered to stop and surrender, based on video captured by a nearby surveillance camera…