Story highlights Jason Van Dyke is indicted on 16 counts of aggravated battery with a firearmVan Dyke is accused of shooting a Chicago teenager 16 times in October 2014(CNN) Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke has been indicted on 16 new criminal charges on top of the six counts of first-degree murder he faces in the fatal 2014 shooting of teenager Laquan McDonald, prosecutors said Thursday. Van Dyke, the first Chicago officer charged with first-degree murder since 1980, faces an additional 16 counts of aggravated battery with a firearm, with the new charges apparently corresponding to each shot he fired at McDonald. He pleaded not guilty through his attorney, Dan Herbert, during a hearing in Cook County on Thursday. Dashcam video of the shooting contradicted nearly everything police said happened the night McDonald died in October 2014 . It showed McDonald walking away from police as he held a 4-inch knife, not lunging toward officers, as police had said.

Source: CNN March 23, 2017 19:52 UTC