US grandmother Bettie Jones killed by Chicago police

Bettie Jones, known in her Chicago neighbourhood for her work with anti-violence community groups, was killed by police responding to a domestic disturbance just hours after she hosted family on Christmas Day.

The fatal shooting of Jones, 55, and 19-year-old Quintonio LeGrier, a college student visiting his father for the holiday, at a West Side apartment, has raised further questions about a police department already under intense scrutiny.

Grieving relatives and friends of the two victims gathered to remember them, and to criticise city officials, whom they said had once again failed residents.