article_snippet.sent: A 17-year-old boy who was shot dead from behind by a police officer had just stolen a handgun, according to the police department in question.
article_snippet.sent: Investigators are pictured above at the scene of the shooting, which took place around 2pm .
article_snippet.sent: her son ' is being held on a $15,000 bond.
article_snippet.sent: Dumyahn said the officer who shot Howell is a nine-year veteran, and is now on administrative leave.
article_snippet.sent: Dumyahn did not release the officer who shot Howell's name or any additional information about Dumyahn, including Dumyahn race.
article_snippet.sent: Lake County NAACP president Jennifer Witherspoon said authorities told NAACP that NAACP have videotape of the scuffle between Peet and Howell but can't yet say what led the officer who shot Howell to shoot Howell.
article_snippet.sent: Lake County NAACP president Jennifer Witherspoon said: 'Whether it was a mistake on the officer who shot Howell part or a mistake on the police's part, his relatives want answers to make sure something like this never happens again'.
article_snippet.sent: Howell's death is the latest in a series of unarmed black men being killed by police officers - the most high-profile example of which was the death of Michael Brown at the hands of Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri.
article_snippet.sent: Howell was a high school junior who transferred from a school in Wisconsin to Waukegan Public School District 60.