WAUKEGAN, Ill. (WLS) -- A former Waukegan police officer has been convicted of Official Misconduct and will now face charges for a deadly 2020 shooting, the Lake County State's Attorney's Office announced on Friday.

Dante Salinas was fired from the Waukegan Police Department in 2020, shortly after being involved in that police shooting.

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But about a year earlier, in 2019, he was accused of an aggravated assault during a confrontation with a suspect outside of baptism party in Waukegan.

Nearly six years ago, Salinas stopped at a Waukegan home, where a couple dozen family members and friends were celebrating, after reportedly hearing loud noise coming from the yard.

That led to a confrontation with Angel Salgado, a man at the par

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