Police officer who shot black couple inside car is sacked

Sherrellis Sheria Stinnette, grandmother of Marcellis Stinnette, speaks to the media (AP)

A suburban Chicago police officer has been sacked after shooting a black couple inside a vehicle, killing a 19-year-old man and wounding his girlfriend.

The officer who fatally shot Marcellis Stinnette and wounded Tafara Williams following what authorities have described as a traffic stop late on Tuesday committed “multiple policy and procedure violations”, Waukegan police chief Wayne Walles said in a brief statement.