WAUKEGAN, Ill. (WLS) -- A trial is set to begin Monday for a former Waukegan police officer who is charged with second degree murder.

Investigators say in October of 2020, Dante Salinas shot and killed 19-year old Marcellis Stinnette and injured his girlfriend Tafarra Williams after trying to stop the couple's car.

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In the 2020 incident, what Waukegan police said started as a traffic stop investigating a suspicious vehicle quickly escalated to a police chase and then a shooting, which was heard on a police dash camera video.

Prosecutors said Salinas fired seven shots, killing Stinnette and injuring Williams.

Salinas is also charged with aggravated battery for a separate incident in 2019, while arresting a man at a family baptism.

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