Police Kill Suspect, 17, Who Shot At Officers: CPD
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(CBS) -- A police-involved shooting in Chicago's Washington Park neighborhood has left a teen suspect dead.
The incident occurred near 59th and State around 11 p.m. Friday.
Officers were on a new "summer mobile detail" when they say they saw a group of men in an alley near 5834 South Wabash, according to Chicago police.
The uniformed cops approached in their unmarked car, and a suspect fired a shot at the vehicle, striking it. Officers returned fire, police say, fatally injuring the suspect.
A police official at the scene said a weapon was recovered.
The suspect who died has been identified as Corsean Lewis, 17.
The Independent Police Review Authority is investigating.
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