Jury awards $350,000 in damages in fatal police shooting of black teen Posted on 2017-04-18 by news BREAKING NEWS ALERT April 18, 2017 Jury awards $350,000 in damages in wrongful-death lawsuit brought by mother of teen fatally shot by police A Cook County jury awarded $350,000 in damages Tuesday in a wrongful-death lawsuit brought by the mother of a black teen fatally shot in the back by a Chicago police officer during a chase on the Fourth of July nearly four years ago. ADVERTISEMENT