Man testifies he was shooed from the McDonald scene without statement

CHICAGO - Moments after watching Laquan McDonald fall to the pavement on Pulaski Road, fatally shot by Officer Jason Van Dyke, bystander Jose Torres encountered another patrolman: this one waving him away from the scene without saying a word.

"From a distance, he just shined the flashlight and made a gesture to me to leave," Torres testified Thursday at the Leighton Criminal Court Building.

Torres took the witness stand about two months after testifying in Van Dyke's trial, which ended in a Cook County jury's historic conviction on second-degree murder and 16 counts of aggravated battery.

This time, he was testifying in the trial of Van Dyke's then-colleagues: ex-Detective David March, former Officer Joseph Walsh and Officer Thomas Gaffney, all of whom face charges they conspired to shield