Chicago Sun-Times

Person fatally shot during ‘exchange of gunfire’ with police near Irving Pk. bar

- BY SOPHIE SHERRY AND TOM SCHUBA Sophie Sherry is a CST Wire Reporter. Tom Schuba is a Sun-Times Staff Reporter.

A person was shot and killed in an exchange of gunfire with Chicago police early Wednesday near an Irving Park bar after officers responded to a call that someone had aimed a gun at people, authoritie­s said.

The shooting happened about 3 a.m. in the 3700 block of North Troy Street, according to Chicago police. Investigat­ors haven’t determined the age or identity of the person who was killed.

During a news conference at police headquarte­rs, Chicago Police Supt. David Brown told reporters the suspect returned to Christina’s Place, 3759 N. Kedzie Ave., after being kicked out. A security guard at the bar heard arguing outside, and the suspect pointed a gun at the bouncer and other people in the area, Brown said.

The guard walked back into the bar and called police, and officers responded and were pointed in the suspect’s direction, Brown said. That’s when the suspect ran toward an alley on Troy Street where there was “an apparent exchange of gunfire,” with two officers and the suspect all firing shots.

The suspect was the only person struck, the superinten­dent said. A gun equipped with an extended magazine was recovered.

Officers radioed that shots had been fired at police and called for an ambulance.

“We have one subject down in the alley; he still has the gun in his hand,” an officer told a police dispatcher. “We are not looking for any other offenders at this time.”

The officers involved in the shooting were taken to a hospital for “observatio­n purposes” and were listed in good condition, Brown said. One of the officers involved in the shooting is a “veteran,” while the other is a probationa­ry officer, he said.

Both will be placed on routine administra­tive duties for at least 30 days as the Civilian Office of Police Accountabi­lity investigat­es the shooting, Brown said. COPA released a brief statement saying its investigat­ors were “responding to an officer-involved shooting.”

Investigat­ors are reviewing body-worn camera footage of the shootout, according to Brown, who said police also expect to recover police POD camera video.

“From what we know now, based on looking at the body-worn camera [footage], the offender fired his weapon, and the officers fired their weapon,” Brown said, noting investigat­ors have little indication of what led up to the shooting.

 ?? PAT NABONG/SUN-TIMES ?? A person was shot to death early Wednesday in an exchange of gunfire outside Christina’s Place, a bar in the Irving Park neighborho­od.
PAT NABONG/SUN-TIMES A person was shot to death early Wednesday in an exchange of gunfire outside Christina’s Place, a bar in the Irving Park neighborho­od.

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