Fleeing 13-year-old boy seriously wounded by officer

A Chicago police officer shot and seriously wounded a 13-year-old boy who ran away after he was pulled over driving a vehicle that had been involved in a carjacking the day before, officials said Thursday.

The Civilian Office of Police Accountability, the agency that investigates officer-involved shootings, said the shooting happened Wednesday night on the city’s far West Side after officers spotted a vehicle matching the description of one used in a carjacking in the suburb of Oak Park.

No weapon was found at the scene, COPA said. COPA said it has footage from the officer’s body-worn camera but cannot release it because the boy who was shot is a minor.

“Officers engaged in a foot pursuit of one of the occupants of the vehicle,” COPA spokesman Ephraim Eaddy said in the release. “One officer discharged their firearm, striking the occupant, who is 13.”