WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- The U.S. Justice Department has launched a civil rights investigation into the Chicago Police Department's use of deadly force in the wake of the fatal shooting death of a teenager, Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced Monday.
The probe will be separate from a federal criminal investigation of the Oct. 20, 2014, death of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald. Officer Jason Van Dyke has been charged with murder in McDonald's death.