Chicago man shot dead while live streaming on Facebook

By Justin Madden
CHICAGO, June 17 (Reuters) - The Chicago man was photo and killed while live streaming a video on Facebook, police said on Friday, just days after a double-homicide in France in which the monster later took to Fb Live to encourage a lot more violence.



Antonio Perkins, 28, was found face straight down on Wednesday night within a vacant lot with gunshot wounds to the throat and head on the city's west side, Chi town police officer Laura Amezaga said.

Perkins was used to a hospital where he was pronounced deceased. Police on Friday identified the man in the video as Perkins, that they said was a documented gang member. No arrests have been made.
Within France, a 25-year-old guy killed a French police commander and the commander's partner on Tuesday, he then took to Facebook Reside with a 12-minute video encouraging followers to destroy prison staff, police authorities, journalists and lawmakers.

The particular incidents underscore the immense challenges companies such because Facebook Inc, Twitter Inc and Google's YouTube encounter as they push live video streaming to hundreds of millions of people.
Facebook in recent months has made its Live feature - which usually allows anyone to transmit a video in real time - a central component of its strategy. This allows people to Stream Bokep off their smartphone.

Chicago, the particular third-largest U. S. town, has drawn attention due to its gun assault, which police have blamed largely on gang violence and a proliferation of stolen guns. There had been nearly 500 homicides final year, and gun assault is up in 2016, police say.

The Facebook Live video appears to display Perkins recording himself and a group of people in front of the row of homes before someone opened fire. The phone appears to tumble via bloody grass before going black. The audio continues with bystanders screaming and crying.

The video continues to be on Facebook having a consumer warning message about the graphic nature.
The spokeswoman from Facebook acknowledged the video posting, saying it does not violate company policy. The social media site will get rid of a video if it celebrates or glorifies violence, she said. (Reporting by Justin Madden; Editing by Daniel Trotta and Alan Crosby)