Chicago Police officer, teen hit by same bullet in South Side incident
A gun discharged as police tried to take it from a 16-year-old in Englewood, wounding both the teen and an officer. Darius Johnson reports.
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A gun discharged as police tried to take it from a 16-year-old in Englewood, wounding both the teen and an officer. Darius Johnson reports.
The shooting happened around 8 p.m. at Nick’s Liquors in Hammond, near Chicago Street and Calumet Avenue.
The gun went off while officers were trying to disarm a 16-year-old boy who had the gun in the front of his waistband, police say. Darius Johnson reports.
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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.
One victim was taken to an area hospital with injuries, though police did not specify what those injuries were.
Chicago police said that just before 2 a.m., the victim was approached in the 2800 block of South Kolin Avenue by someone wearing all black, who then fired shots and fled in an unknown direction.
Police said, around 8:40 a.m., a 33-year-old man was riding a Red Line train near the Argyle stop, when a 23-year-old woman approached him, and they got into an argument.
So far, police have not made any arrests in the case.
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The victim was shot in the shoulder outside Hirsch Metropolitan High School in Grand Crossing. Darius Johnson reports.
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The victim was hit in the shoulder and was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in good condition. Darius Johnson reports.
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