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Antonio LeGrier’s attorney, Basileios Foutris, told the AP that Rialmo’s highly unusual suit — which is a countersuit in the LeGrier case — is “outlandish.”

“After this coward shot a teenager in the back … he has the temerity to sue him?” he said. “That’s a new low for the Chicago Police Department.”

Rialmo’s attorney, Joel Brodsky, told the Tribune that his client is going through a grieving process and that the lawsuit is an opportunity to tell the officer’s side of the story. He said the presumption is that his client is at fault for the shooting.

“He’s got this extra added burden (with) the death of Jones,” Brodsky said. “He’s going through what I would call the normal grieving process for someone who is forced to take a human life.”

The suit states that Rialmo arrived at LeGrier’s residence around 4:30 a.m. on Dec. 26, according to the AP. After ringing the doorbell and being let in by Jones, the suit claims the officer stepped through the doorway and heard someone “charging down the stairway,” according to the AP.

The suit states that LeGrier “cocked” the bat and that when he was downstairs he “took a full swing” at the officer, according to the Tribune. The suit states that the bat missed Rialmo’s head by inches but was “close enough for Officer Rialmo to feel the movement of air as the bat passed in front of his face,” the Tribune said.

Rialmo reasonably believed that if he did not use deadly force against LeGrier, that LeGrier would kill him

The suit adds that the officer backed away from LeGrier and repeatedly commanded the teen to drop the bat, but that he continued to move forward and swung the bat again, according to the AP. After backing down the steps, the officer finally pulled out his 9mm handgun and fired, according to the suit, when LeGrier raised his bat again from three or four feet away.