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Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune
National
Adriana Pérez

Chicago police fatally shoot armed man

CHICAGO — A man was killed in an exchange of gunfire with police officers in Chicago'sOld Town neighborhood Sunday morning, according to police.

Officers were investigating reports of an armed man in the 400 block of West Blackhawk Street shortly after 5 a.m. They encountered a man with a gun at the location and shots were fired, police said.

The man was shot and died at the scene. Police said they found a weapon nearby. One police officer went to the hospital for observation.

The Civilian Office for Police Accountability is investigating, while the officers involved are placed on routine administrative duties for 30 days.

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