Officer, teen struck by bullet as Chicago Police try to disarm the teen
Police say the accidental discharge in Englewood involved just one bullet. Darius Johnson reports from the scene.
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Police say the accidental discharge in Englewood involved just one bullet. Darius Johnson reports from the scene.
Police were trying to disarm a 16-year-old boy when the gun the teen had in his waistband went off and struck both the teen and an officer in Englewood. Darius Johnson reports.
Police Supt. Larry Snelling says officers performed an investigatory stop on a 16-year-old boy in Englewood, and found the teen had a gun. Officers tried to take the handgun from the waistband in the teen’s front, and the gun discharged. Darius Johnson is at the scene, Suzanne Le Mignot as at the University of Chicago Medical Center where the officer was taken, and Snelling has a live update.
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