- Brian Jackson/Sun-Times Media
- Authorities say Jason Austin murdered a cop and a social worker on the west side in 2008, though witness accounts have shifted repeatedly.
Terrance Scott said he was ready to talk. He had to—he couldn’t sleep, and the events of the previous few days kept flashing through his mind.
The shooter, Scott said, was Jason Austin, the boss of a heroin and cocaine organization at Kedzie and Ohio where Scott worked.
According to Scott, Soto’s window was rolled down, and Austin jumped out and pointed the gun at him. “Lower that shit!” Austin demanded, an order to hand over his money. As Soto fumbled with his wallet, Austin began firing, Scott said.
Scott repeatedly vowed to Swiderek that he was going to get out of the drug “hustle” and return to school at Kennedy-King College. He promised to cooperate with the murder investigation.
Swiderek himself interviewed Scott five times before taping anything. Kling asked the detective why the recorded version of Scott’s story should be considered the accurate one.
