Man shot by Police in Park Manor

Just past midnight, a probationary police officer shot a man who raised a gun toward him after he and other officers saw him firing shots near Marquette Road and Rhodes Avenue in the Park Manor neighborhood.
Fraternal Order of Police spokesman Patrick Camden said the man was celebrating New Year's Eve by firing shots even though he was on home monitoring for a conviction for unlawful use of a weapon.
“You gotta wonder, home monitoring for UUW. And he’s out with a gun and police saw him and he’s not gonna drop the gun," Camden said. "Typical New Year’s Eve (stuff)."
Police said the probationary officer, riding with a supervisor, saw the man firing the gun. They chased him and the man pointed a gun toward the officers. Officers opened fire and the man was hit at least once in the thigh. He was taken in good condition to John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County.

Police shot 3 in Fernwood

Three of the people were shot shortly before 2 a.m. in the Fernwood neighborhood after officers heard gunfire in the 100 block of West 105th Street
Officers approached the front and back of a home after hearing shots and saw a person on the back porch holding a gun told the person to drop the weapon and he instead raised it toward police.
Police opened fire, hitting the person and two others, authorities said. Police recovered a gun from the scene.
No officers were injured.

Police fatally shoot woman after she refuses to drop knife

A woman whose brother called 911 to report she was "tearing the house up" was shot and killed by police when she refused to drop a knife and advanced on a police officer.
Angelique Styles, 60, was shot around 6:40 p.m. in the home she shared with her brother in the 10900 block of South Eberhart Avenue
Her brother told police she was "possibly under the influence of narcotics" and had picked up a knife. When police entered the home, the woman still had the knife and would not drop it, according to Pat Camden, a spokesman for the Fraternal Order of Police.
The woman then started approaching an officer with the knife and police shot her, Camden said.
The shooting was just blocks from where officers shot a man who stabbed a police sergeant Tuesday night. The sergeant received more than 50 stitches to his face, Camden said.

Police shoot man dead after sergeant stabbed in face

Chicago police officers shot and killed a man after he stabbed a sergeant in the face in the Rosemoor neighborhood.
The sergeant, 46, suffered a puncture wound above the temple and lacerations to face. He was taken in serious condition to Advocate Christ Medical Center. Police said his wounds were not life-threatening.
The three officers forced their way into the home after hearing a woman scream and the sergeant, who was first to enter, was stabbed several times in the face. The other officers pulled the sergeant back outside and the suspect barricaded himself in the home.
After calling for an ambulance, the two officers re-entered the home and found the suspect downstairs near a furnace. Camden said the man charged at them with the knife and the officers shot him. He was dead at the scene.
The woman suffered puncture wounds to her leg and was treated at Roseland Hospital. Her son, 40, was pronounced dead at 11:45 p.m. Tuesday.
A statement from Chicago police said the man was wielding two knives and refused commands to drop them before he lunged toward the officers.
The statement identified the sergeant as a 19-year veteran assigned to the Calumet Police District on the Far South Side.  Police and Camden said the officers and the sergeant were tactical officers in plainclothes.

Man, 22, shot by police officer during chase

A Chicago police officer shot a 22-year-old man in the elbow during a foot pursuit in the South Side's Gresham neighborhood Monday night.
About 9:30 p.m., police responded to a call of a man with a gun in the 1300 block of West 76th Street, Fraternal Order of Police spokesman Pat Camden said. When officers arrived on the scene, they spotted a group of people standing on a corner, he said.
A man standing in the group began running, and uniformed police officers gave chase into a fenced area bordered by nearby row homes, Camden said.
During the chase, the man turned toward police with a gun his hand and an officer fired in self-defense, Camden said.
The man was taken to Holy Cross Hospital in good condition, Camden said. Police found a semiautomatic handgun at the scene

Woman shot after pointing BB gun at police

Police shot a woman who they said pointed a gun toward them Thursday night in a Pilsen alley.
A group of people called 911 after a woman pointed a gun at them in the 1000 block of West Cullerton Street about 10:30 p.m. 
The woman had been walking with the gun exposed when the group approached her. The woman continued north on Morgan Street and west into an alley between 19th Street and Cullerton Street. 
According to police, when civilian-dressed officers approached her in the alley, the woman pointed the gun toward them. She matched a description provided to police by the group that called 911. Police fired at her, hitting her several times.
The officers had announced that they were police before shooting. 
Fraternal Order of Police Spokesman Patrick Camden said the weapon was a BB gun and that she had ducked behind a garbage can before poking back up and pointing the weapon toward the police. 
"Nobody's going to wait around to see if it's real or a toy," Camden said.
The woman, between the ages of 18 and 24, was taken to John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County.

1 injured in police-involved shooting on Northwest Side

One person was seriously injured when a Chicago Police officer fired on a suspect in the Cragin neighborhood this afternoon.
The Independent Police Review Authority was notified around 6 p.m. of a shooting that happened about 5:20 p.m. involving a police officer firing upon someone near Lavergne Avenue and Roscoe Street. No officers were injured.
One person was taken in serious-to-critical condition to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center following the shooting
About 5:30 p.m., Grand Central District officers monitored a description over the radio of a vehicle wanted in connection with a burglary in the 6100 block of West Belmont Avenue, and when a sergeant spotted a vehicle fitting the description of a suspect, a pursuit began.
That sergeant, joined by another sergeant, tried to pull the vehicle over in the 5600 block of West Roscoe Street and when the sergeant exited his vehicle, the suspect put the vehicle in reverse and intentionally rammed the assisting sergeant's squad car in an attempt to flee
As the sergeant on foot approached the vehicle, the suspect accelerated forward toward the sergeant twice, the statement said. As a result of this action, and in fear of his life, the sergeant discharged his weapon and struck the driver, who was subsequently placed into custody and transported to an area hospital for his injuries.

Police kill man they say was stabbing estranged wife

A 41-year-old man who was stabbing his estranged wife outside her home was shot to death by police when he charged at them with the knife late Sunday in the Gage Park neighborhood.
The suspect was dead at the scene at a home in the 5200 block of South Mozart Street, said Pat Camden, spokesman for the Fraternal Order of Police.
Police responded to a 911 call about 10 p.m. from a woman who said her ex-husband was violating an order of protection. She saw the man drive away from her house after seeing him earlier at a nearby K-Mart, Camden said.
Police responded and asked the victim to retrieve the order of protection and after a few seconds they heard screams from the gangway next to her house. There, they found the suspect on top of her, stabbing her with a large kitchen knife, police said.
The suspect then turned and charged at police, who shot him multiple times from a distance of about 3 feet, Camden said. Camden said the woman’s brother and an unknown number of children were home at the time.
Police said the woman was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

Chicago firefighter shot after appearing to point gun at officers

An off-duty Chicago firefighter was shot by police this afternoon after he jumped out of a car and appeared to point a weapon at officers in a store parking lot in the Mount Greenwood neighborhood.
The firefighter was in a shooting stance, holding a dark object in his hand, when he was shot about 12:45 p.m. at a CVS pharmacy at 103rd and Pulaski Road. The object turned out to be his wallet, according to Patrick Camden, a spokesman for the Fraternal Order of Police.
The man was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in critical condition and was undergoing surgery, the hospital said. Camden said his condition was stable. Officials earlier said he had died.
Officials also initially said the firefighter was shot after he opened fire on officers responding to a report of a man who was suicidal.
Giving an updated version, Camden said police had been notified by the man's wife saying he was depressed and she was worried for his safety because he had a gun. The firefighter was on medical leave and had been despondent in the past, Camden said.
Police were told the firefighter was either at a pharmacy on 111th Street or a pharmacy on 103rd Street, Camden said. When police did not find anyone fitting his description at 111th Street, they went to the CVS on 103rd Street and found him in the driver's side seat of his car, talking on the phone, Camden said.
Officers asked him to show his hands and get out of the vehicle, Camden said. The man made the sign of the cross and flung the door open and jumped out with his hands in a "combat position," holding a dark object appearing to be a gun, Camden said.
No gun was found on the scene, Camden said, but a gun was found at his home.

Police officer fatally shoots boy, 15

A 15-year-old boy was fatally shot by a Chicago police officer in the South Side's Englewood neighborhood Sunday night.
The shooting happened about 10:50 p.m. in the 6600 block of South Sangamon Street.
Pat Camden, a union spokesman for the Fraternal Order of Police, said officers assigned to a gang crimes unit heard gunfire in the area and spotted three people running as the officers responded.
Police pursued one of the runners, leaving their car and chasing him on foot down Sangamon Avenue. During the foot chase, the runner turned towards the officers and pointed a gun at them, drawing fire from an officer, according to the statement.
The boy was struck and was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn. He was pronounced dead at 11:35 p.m.

Police shoot, kill armed man in Lawndale

Police shot and killed a 24-year-old man after he raised a handgun toward officers who chased him from a car that refused to stop early Sunday morning on the West Side.
The man stumbled into an alley west of Springfield Avenue and north of 18th Street in the Lawndale neighborhood after police tried to stop a car he was in about 2:30 a.m., police and Fraternal Order of Police Spokesman Patrick Camden said.
Uniformed officers made a number of attempts to curb the car, which kept slowing down and speeding up, and after a few of the stop-and-goes a man jumped out and ran, Camden said.
Police stayed with the runner while asking for help and he ducked into the alley west of Springfield Avenue and fell, Camden  said.
Officers giving chase saw he had a weapon as soon as he jumped out the car.
Police and Camden said the man raised a 9-millimeter handgun with one hand as he tried to get up with the other and police, who were out of their car at this point, opened fire.
The man was later identified as Antwon Johnson who was pronounced dead at the scene at 4:11 a.m.

Police shoot teen in Jefferson Park

Police in the Jefferson Park neighborhood shot a teenage boy Friday morning after he swung a board at one of them.
The boy, either 16 or 17 years old, was shot twice and taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center with wounds to his arm and leg.
It's not clear why he ran from two uniformed Jefferson Park district officers, who approached him and two others as they stood in an alley near the 4400 block of North Mulligan Avenue about 12:30 a.m.
Police stopped the boy and two others because they were hanging out in an alley and may have been breaking curfew.
One of the officers gave chase on foot and the other in a car. During the chase, the boy ran down a gangway, tried to jump a fence and confronted the pursuing officer with a board from a fence, according to Camden and a statement from the Chicago Police Department.
Camden said the boy noted his skills as a lacrosse player and said he "knew how to swing." The officer ordered the boy to drop the board, but he refused and instead moved toward the officer, according to the police statement. The officer fired twice after the boy lunged at him, Camden said.
No officers were injured

Man shot by Police in Avalon Park

A police-involved shooting happened shortly before midnight, in the 1600 block of East 83rd Street.
After hearing gunshots, police officers were alerted to a vehicle from which shots had been fired.
When police tried to stop the vehicle, a passenger fled on foot, police said. An officer ran after him, and when the man pointed a gun at the officer, the officer fired, striking the man.
The man was taken to an area hospital with injuries that were not believed to be life-threatening

Police shoot man during Lawdale disturbance

A gunman firing shots on the West Side was fatally shot by police in the Lawndale neighborhood this afternoon.
Police sources said the man shot by police has died at Mount Sinai Hospital.
Officers responded to a call of a battery in progress at 4:19 p.m. in the 1300 block of South Independence Boulevard.
According to police, when officers got to the scene, they found a man firing a gun at someone. Officers intervened and shot the gunman
UPDATE-
The gunman, who is 15 or 16,Tywon Jones, of the 1600 block of South Hamlin Avenue, was pronounced dead at Mount Sinai Hospital , according to Pat Camden, a police union spokesman.
It happened in the 1300 block of South Independence Boulevard in the Lawndale neighborhood.
At about 4:10 p.m. Ogden District tactical officers were northbound on Independence Boulevard approaching Roosevelt Road when they heard gunshots coming from the west side of Indedepence, .
When the officers made a u-turn and crossed the median they spotted the offender firing shots at pedestrians and fleeing southbound on a bicycle while brandishing a handgun, the statement said.
“He was riding a bicycle firing at people on the street,’’ Camden said.
The officers were pursuing the offender when he turned towards the officers and fired shots at them, prompting the officers to fire their weapons and hit the gunman, the statement said.
“They’re right behind him in an unmarked car beeping their sirens and flashing their lights when he turns around, twice, and fired at the squad car,’’ Camden said.
“The third time he turned around, the passenger in the squad car fired at him and hit him,’’ Camden said. “He was DOA at Mount Sinai.’’

Police officer shoots, injures man during chase

A Chicago police officer shot and injured a man running from police in the South Chicago neighborhood Tuesday night.
The 25-year-old man was shot multiple times but expected to survive, according to Patrick Camden, a spokesman for the Fraternal Order of Police union.
About 9:10 p.m., police officers approached a group of people standing together in the 8900 block of South Burley Avenue
A 25-year-old man with a chrome object in his waistband began walking away, and when police asked him to stop, he took off running, Camden said.
What happened next remains unclear.
Camden said that as the man ran, he reached repeatedly for the object in his waistband. When the man turned toward an officer with the object in his hand, a second officer opened fire, striking the man in the leg and the arm, Camden said.
A local resident standing near the crime scene two hours later, however, shared a different account.
Charlene "Nana" Brown, 19, said the man had been running from police with his hands in the air when he was shot.
"He slowed down real quick, like he got shot in the back," she said. The man, whom Brown knows from growing up in the same neighborhood, fell steps later after apparently being shot again, she said.
Camden rejected the suggestion the man's hands had been raised skyward.
"If he was running with his hands in the air, I assure you, he wouldn't have been shot," the union spokesman said. "The officer, when he took action, was fearing for his partner's life. You don't fear for your partner's life if somebody's got their hands in the air."
Police did not immediately recover a weapon. A large number of onlookers crowded the area after the shooting, according to both residents and police, which Camden said complicated the efforts of officers to secure the crime scene

Off duty CPD Officer shots 1, 1 person shot by offender

An off-duty Chicago police officer shot and wounded a gunman after witnessing a shootout that left a bystander injured.
The officer saw the exchange of gunfire near the intersection of West Jackson Boulevard and South Leavitt Street around 10:15 p.m., according to Pat Camden, a spokesman for the Fraternal Order of Police. Investigators would later learn one of the bullets struck a man who happened to be nearby.
Four of the people involved in the shootout then jumped into a vehicle, and the off-duty officer began to follow it south on Leavitt. Three blocks later, the suspects' vehicle became stopped in traffic at the intersection of South Oakley Street and West Van Buren Boulevard, where an Illinois State Police trooper was conducting a traffic stop, Camden said.
The Chicago police officer approached the vehicle and announced his office, Camden said.
"Two in the back seat are armed," Camden said, retelling the story hours later as he stood steps from where the car had been stopped in the Near West Side neighborhood. "One of the offenders in the back seat raises a .45 [caliber handgun] at the officer."
The officer opened fire, striking one of the occupants, Camden said. The vehicle sped away and the state trooper followed, Camden said.
Several blocks west, the vehicle pulled over in the 300 block of South Maplewood Avenue and three occupants fled on foot, Camden said. The remaining occupant, who had been shot in the neck, was found nearby and was taken to a hospital.
Police said the man was in serious condition and the bystander shot near Jackson and Leavitt was in good condition. Authorities have not released the ages of either person.
Officers found a .45-caliber handgun in the vehicle on Maplewood

Man shot by police in Chatham neighborhood

Police investigating the smell of weed smoke in the Chatham neighborhood ended up shooting a man they chased down an alley after he refused a command to drop his gun.
Police said the wound was not life threatening. He was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center.
Police saw the man standing at the mouth of an alley on 86th Street just east of Rhodes Avenue and tried to stop him about 1 a.m. because they smelled marijuana.
The man took off north in the alley holding his side and one officer jumped out after him. The other tracked the chase north on Rhodes in his car.
The man they were chasing tried to cut between two houses and was confronted in the gangway by the officers, who ordered him to drop a gun.
He didn't, and police shot him.

Man killed after exchanging gunfire with officers

A man was shot and killed after he fired a gun at Chicago police early Saturday morning in Albany Park on the city's Northwest Side.
The man was driving east on Wilson Avenue about 2:55 a.m. and hit an SUV as he crossed Kimball Avenue before hitting several other parked cars and coming to rest in the middle of the block.
An unmarked police SUV was behind it and the car's driver fired out of his car toward police.
Police said a car in front of the dead man's was hit by gunshots, apparently from the gun of the dead man, who had fired through his own windshield. The man, in his 30s, was pronounced dead at the scene

Police shoot and kill man with gun during domestic call

Police shot and killed a gun-wielding man after responding to a call of a domestic dispute in the East Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side early Thursday morning.
An officer shot the 58-year-old man after he refused to drop an "automatic assault weapon,". He died at the scene,.
The daughter of the man's girlfriend had called police shortly before 2:30 a.m. and said there was a domestic dispute and the man had a gun.
The girlfriend initially waved off police from the first-floor entry to the apartment, which is located above a convenience store. But her daughter appeared in the upstairs window and told officers to come up the stairs.
When they entered, the man appeared from behind a door holding a handgun, similar to TEC 9 or MAC 11 pistols.
An officer shot the man twice after he raised the gun toward police

Man shot by Police in Humboldt Park

A male was taken in critical condition to an area hospital after being shot by police in the Humboldt Park neighborhood late this morning.
Chicago Fire Department paramedics responded to the 3900 block of West Chicago Avenue at about 11:30 a.m.
The male was taken in critical condition to Mount Sinai Hospital, Langford said.
Chicago police said the incident was a police-involved shooting and no police were believed to be injured.

The incident began when a Chicago police vehicle with four tactical officers pulled up to the 3900 block of West Chicago Avenue to a known drug sales area, said Fraternal Order of Police spokesman Patrick Camden. The officers observed a "hand-to-hand exchange" of what they believed to be narcotics involving the wounded man and a group of four or five others. After the police vehicle pulled up to the men, one of the men fled from the area to an adjacent vacant lot with an officer pursuing on foot. At that time, a squad car was called in to assist, Camden said. As police were closing in on the suspect, the man ran into a parking lot and jumped into a van, locked the door and refused to get out, said Camden. The police vehicle was maneuvered to block the van, preventing it from leaving the lot, but the suspect was able to move it backward and forward. The suspect began to do that, "dangerous, erratic behavior", moving the vehicle in the direction of an officer who was between the van and the front bumper of the squad car blocking the lot.

At that point, the officer jumped on the hood of the van to avoid getting hit as the man continued to drive, Camden said. As the van continued moving, the officer's leg got caught between the van and the grill of the police vehicle, Camden said. At that point, the officer believed the man was going to keep driving and fired his gun three times into the van, said Camden.

After being struck by gunfire, the man stopped the van and opened the door of the van. Police found a plastic bag with 10 packets of narcotics inside, said Camden. The suspect was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital after being shot in the upper torso with what Camden called non-life-threatening wounds.

The officer was taken to the University of Illinois Medical Center at Chicago with injuries to his leg and foot, Camden said. The injuries to the officer, which he described as cuts and bruises, were not life-threatening.