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Chicago man shot dead
while live streaming on Facebook
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 [June 18, 2016]
By Justin Madden
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A Chicago man was shot
and killed while live streaming a video on Facebook, police said on
Friday, just days after a double-homicide in France in which the killer
later took to Facebook Live to encourage more violence.
Antonio Perkins, 28, was found face down on Wednesday night in a
vacant lot with gunshot wounds to the neck and head on the city's
west side, Chicago police officer Laura Amezaga said.
Perkins was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. Police
on Friday identified the man in the video as Perkins, who they said
was a documented gang member. No arrests have been made.
In France, a 25-year-old man killed a French police commander and
the commander's partner on Tuesday, then he took to Facebook Live
with a 12-minute video encouraging followers to kill prison staff,
police officials, journalists and lawmakers.
The incidents underscore the immense challenges companies such as
Facebook Inc, Twitter Inc and Google's YouTube face as they push
live video streaming to hundreds of millions of people.
Facebook in recent months has made its Live feature - which allows
anyone to broadcast a video in real time - a central component of
its strategy. It allows people to stream from their smartphone.
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Chicago, the third-largest U.S. city, has drawn attention due to its gun
violence, which police have blamed largely on gang violence and a proliferation
of stolen guns. There were nearly 500 homicides last year, and gun violence is
up in 2016, police say.
The Facebook Live video appears to show Perkins recording himself and a group of
people in front of a row of homes before someone opened fire. The phone appears
to tumble through bloody grass before going black. The audio continues with
bystanders screaming and crying.
The video remains on Facebook with a user warning message about its graphic
nature.
A spokeswoman from Facebook acknowledged the video posting, saying it does not
violate company policy. The social media site will remove a video if it
celebrates or glorifies violence, she said.
(Reporting by Justin Madden; Editing by Daniel Trotta and Alan Crosby)
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