Trial Wraps Up

Asshole took the stand to spout his lies:

• Steven Montano told a jury Friday that he shot and killed a Chicago police officer “out of pure fear.”

  Montano, 21, said he instinctively turned and opened fire when he heard a call to stop as he fled officers and ran toward a Gage Park playground on March 1, 2023. Officer Andres Vasquez Lasso was fatally struck in an exchange of gunfire.

"...instinctive...."

So he knew a cop was chasing him because he claims he had other encounters with police and fled those times, too. This time though, he had a gun, and "instinctively" used it because....

Not a very good story and wholly unbelievable.

Jury returns Monday for closing arguments and deliberations.