Hershel Weinberger
Name: Hershel Weinberger
Age: 9
Gender: Male
Race: European-American/White
Date: 07/14/2021
Location: N Sacramento Ave & W Chase Ave
Chicago, Illinois, 60645
County: Cook
Agency: Chicago Police Department
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehicle
Media summary: Hershel Weinberger was on his bike around 8 p.m. He was biking east on the north sidewalk of Chase Avenue when he crossed Sacramento Avenue in the crosswalk. An off-duty officer, 48, was driving north on Sacramento in a Toyota Tundra full-size pickup truck when he allegedly ran the stop sign and killed the boy. Officer Michael Leverett was issued a citation for failure to exercise due care for a person in the roadway and suspended from his job.
Unique ID: 30599
News article: Link
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