Jack Murray routinely called Elk Grove Village police to help in times of emotional distress, yet when officers responded to a call in early December they “failed to follow their training” and fatally shot the 24-year-old steps from his family home, according to a new lawsuit. “The same people we expected to help, took the life of a beautiful human being,” Murray’s mother, Donna Murray, said at a news conference Thursday, fighting through tears. “Elk Grove Village police had assisted Jack in times of crises past.
What went wrong? Who decided to fire and fire so many shots? This should have never happened.” After months of investigation, attorneys for the family announced Thursday they have filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against Elk Grove Village and five unnamed members of the Elk Grove Police Department. The suit seeks accountability for the “numerous negligent decisions that both violated the policies and norms of reasonable policing and common sense,” attorney Antonio Romanucci said.
Attorney Antonio Romanucci, alongside attorney Javier Rodriguez Jr., explains the wrongful-death lawsuit filed over the fatal police shooting of Jack Murray in Elk Grove Village. “Despite their resources, their knowledge and supposed preparation, these officers failed to follow their training and did not utilize any de-escalation tactics, and did not provide Jack with time, physical space, and ultimately the desperate assistance that he had called the police for,” Romanuc.
