Chicago police fatally shoot man while trying to arrest him

Saturday, 10 July 2021Newsdesk

Law enforcement officers in Chicago fatally shot a 33-year-old man who pointed a gun at them as they tried to arrest him Friday, authorities said. The shooting occurred about 9:40 a.m. in the West Garfield Park neighbourhood as members of a fugitive task force were trying to serve an arrest warrant for aggravated criminal sexual assault with a firearm, Chicago police Superintendent David O. Brown told reporters. A group of law enforcement officers identified the man, but he wouldn’t get out of the vehicle he was in and pointed a gun at the officers, Brown said.

New Delhi, 10 July 2021

As per news report of The Indian Express, Three Chicago police officers and a U.S. marshal opened fire. It wasn’t immediately clear if the man fired any shots. Police spokesman Tom Ahern told the Chicago Tribune that the man was taken to Mount Sinai Medical Center in “grave condition” and later died. No officers were wounded, but the four who fired shots were taken to a hospital for evaluation, Brown said. The shooting follows a drive-by shooting Wednesday of two federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agents and a Chicago task force officer. Eugene McClaurin, 28, of Chicago, was charged Thursday in the shooting of one of the agents. Authorities said he claimed to have mistaken the officers for rival gang members. The agents and officer were treated at hospitals and later released.

Source -indianexpress.com