A would-be killer practicing his skills in the nation's largest open-air shooting gallery found himself coming under fire late Friday in Chicago. Cops yelled at him to drop his gun, but he continued shooting at another male, so cops dropped him. Tunnel vision, or a very strong sense of focus probably kept the shooter from hearing the commands to drop his gun. Thankfully, they scored the taxpayer relief shot so we don't have to pay to house this violent predator for a few years in Illinois' prison system. Sadly though, for the cops, they have to deal with the "Black Lives Matter" fallout from shooting a future astrophysicist who was just trying to turn his life around.
From the Chicago Tribune:
Chicago police fatally shot a male late Friday after seeing him shoot another man, according to officials.
Chicago police officers were in a marked car about 11:50 p.m. Friday patrolling the area when they came across the male involved in a skirmish with another in the 2000 block of West 69th Street in the West Englewood neighborhood on the city's South Side, said Sgt. Al Stinites, spokesman for the department.
Officers witnessed the male shooting at a man, Stinites said. The officers stopped and got out of their car. The officers announced their positions and ordered the male attacker to drop his weapon, according to a news release.
At this point, the male attacker was still shooting at the man, Stinites said.
One of the officers then shot the attacker, fatally wounding him, Stinites said. The male, whose age was not known, was later pronounced dead.
The 26-year-old man wounded by the attacker was shot in the abdomen, police said. He was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center, where his condition was stabilized.
The shooter's weapon was recovered by officers at the scene, according to a news release.
There weren't any officers injured in the shooting. The officer who fatally shot the offender has been placed on a 30-day administrative leave, Stinites said.
Second City Cop opines that it's just a matter of time before the dead man's friends and family claim some sort of malfeasance.
No word yet on protests because you know that:
- the police shouldn't have intervened in a private dispute,
- they was just funnin',
- he didn't have no gun,
- they planted that gun (and the bullet in the other guy's intestines),
- y'all racist
Etc, etc etc.
* dindonuffin
Nice shooting. Sucks to deal with the "guilty until proven innocent" brass at CPD and the politicians who would throw you under the bus if they thought they could get a vote or two for doing it.