Chicago police fired shots at a robbery suspect they said pointed a handgun
at officers following a street robbery in the West Chatham
neighborhood on the city's South Side.
No injuries were reported in the incident that occurred just before 10:30
p.m. Wednesday -- directly east of the Dan Ryan Expressway -- on East 87th
Street between Indiana and State streets.
Gresham
District officers were flagged down near 87th Street and Wabash Avenue by a man
who said he was robbed at gunpoint by two males who fled in a white van.
Officers drove through the area looking for the van, until the victim,
driving his own vehicle, signaled to the officers that he was following the
robbers' vehicle.
As the officers approached the van on foot, one of the occupants got out
holding a handgun. One of the officers fired, but no one was struck.
The officers, aided by an off-duty officer, took both males into custody
after a foot chase. Police also recovered weapons and several items that were
taken from the robbery victim
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