[kellyhound]

The video of an unarmed man being shot and killed by an off-duty Chicago police officer has caused an outpouring of comments on social media.

More than 600 people commented on the FOX Chicago News Facebook page. It has also given the victim's girlfriend her first look at what she called the devastating last minutes of Marlin Horton's life.

“My stomach started churning, I looked at it and then I was like no, it's kinda like surreal,” said Rhonda Horton who lived with Horton at the time.

Horton was shot and killed outside a near west side CHA housing project on September 7, 2013. He had gone there early that Saturday morning to meet Day, who had spent the night at her mother's apartment.

Horton's cell phone had died and so he could not call Day to let her know he was outside. Two guards, including an off-duty Chicago cop, would not let him in.

“Had they asked why you over here, who you looking for, and he would have said me and she's upstairs and if you not letting me in could you go up there. No, they could have just done the whole thing different in my opinion,” Day said.

She told she was asleep when the shooting happened.

“My mom received a phone call and it said someone has been shot downstairs, a homeless person, a homeless man has been shot,” Day recalled. “So then, I got the call back maybe an hour or two later saying that no, that was your boyfriend.”

Day said she was devastated.

According to a lawsuit filed by Horton's family after an initial confrontation with the guards, Horton eventually left and then urinated on or near the off-duty officer's SUV.

He then returned and exchanged words with the two guards, until the off-duty cop appeared to initiate a scuffle. Both guards then pulled out their weapons.

They continued to exchange words, but as Horton moved toward the off-duty officer, the officer shot him.

Day believes the officer's response was completely unjustified.

“I seen picking with him, baiting him to want to fight or become combative and I just seen him shoot him, kill him,” Day said.

She believes if the officers had done more than just call 9-1-1, Horton might still be alive today.

The Independent Police Review Authority still has not issued a report on whether the shooting was justified or not.

[Tiffany32]

Black on Black this time ..

[nightwookie]

Not sure what this guy was thinking to keep coming at someone with a gun trained on him? Wow. This is the first I have seen of this incident. Wonder why there were no riots?

[Axian]

Originally Posted by nightwookie ↗

Not sure what this guy was thinking to keep coming at someone with a gun trained on him? Wow. This is the first I have seen of this incident. Wonder why there were no riots?

Because it was black on black violence... they didn't have anyone white to blame.

[Kai_Wolf]

It appears the officer thought he was going for his weapon or something. It was a stupid thing to do to continue on as he was.

[St. Geno]

Black officers shoot unarmed black men who da thunk it?

[CuriousCanadian]

If someone advances on you carrying a knife, you can shoot them cuz your life if in serious danger. Shooting someone because they're advancing to "possibly" beat you up = thats not self-defence nor is your life in danger.

[nyazzip]

as with every cop shooting, the "victim" had dozens of chances and plenty of time to just walk away and de-escalate, and just like every time, when it concerns black people, the victim chose confrontation.

[xman10]

Im sure this jackass, "knew his rights", and thought he didn't have to leave if he didn't want to. You keep coming at someone who is pointing a gun at you, don't be surprised when they blow you away. They're not gonna let you walk up to them and take the gun away. I'm surprised this guy lived long enough to become an adult with how stupid he was

[Martano666]

Originally Posted by nyazzip ↗

as with every cop shooting, the "victim" had dozens of chances and plenty of time to just walk away and de-escalate, and just like every time, when it concerns black people, the victim chose confrontation.

Are you kidding? Maybe in this situation that's might be true. But once again, here we go with people taking one man's situation, and justifying ALL of the police shootings across America as if they all were the same person. Trevon Martin was an individual who was not tied to this person. MIchael Brown was an individual as well, who had nothing to do with this guy. Yet, because they are black, they are paying the price for crimes that other men commit who are black, and for crimes that were committed years after they were killed. And people think it's justified based on this video here.