Old Town shooting: CPD officer shoots, kills man on North Side, Chicago fire and police say

CHICAGO (WLS) — A Chicago police officer shot and killed a person early Sunday morning in Chicago’s North Facet Previous City neighborhood, a CPD spokesman mentioned.

The person killed was about 20 years previous and was discovered lifeless within the 400-block of West Blackhawk Road, in line with CFD.

There was a big police presence within the space of Blackhawk Road and Hudson Avenue about 5 a.m., blocking some roadways.

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Crime scene tape blocked off Blackhawk between Cleveland and Hudson avenues simply after 6 a.m., and a lot of CPD detectives could possibly be seen within the space.

A 34-year-old Chicago police officer was additionally hospitalized after an incident in the identical space, Chicago hearth officers mentioned.

He was transported to Northwestern Memorial Hospital with shortness of breath, CFD mentioned.

Neither Chicago police nor the Civilian Workplace of Police Accountability instantly supplied any details about what passed off, however COPA was on the scene Sunday morning.

Neighbors mentioned they heard wherever from 5 to 16 gunshots.

A gun belonging to the one who was shot was discovered on the scene, CPD mentioned.

Anybody with data on the incident is requested to name COPA at 312-746-3609 or go to chicagocopa.org.