But that Sunday night, she would later tell reporters, she saw him go into the room he shared with his brother. The next day, he was gone. Ms. Toledo later heard from the police: Adam was dead.
I just want to know what really happened to my baby, Ms. Toledo said at a news conference on April 2, demanding transparency from law enforcement officials and expressing disbelief that Adam who, she said, played with Legos and rode bikes with his siblings would end up in what the police called an armed confrontation.
Adeena Weiss-Ortiz, a lawyer representing the Toledo family, said at a news conference on Thursday that the video showed that Adam was attempting to comply with the officers orders.
He tossed the gun, she said. If he had a gun, he tossed it. The officer said, Show me your hands. He complied. He turned around.
The officer was identified in police reports as Eric E. Stillman, 34, who is white and whose lawyer said had been placed on administrative duties for 30 days.
The lawyer said that the shooting, while tragic, was justified given the nature of the threat.
The police officer was put in this split-second situation where he has to make a decision, said Timothy Grace, a lawyer at the firm of Grace & Thompson retained by the Fraternal Order of Police in Chicago.
Rick Rojas, Julie Bosman and Neil MacFarquhar contributed reporting.