COPA investigating after police fire shots at man in East Side neighborhood

Thursday, June 25, 2020
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Police fired shots at a man Wednesday night while responding to a disturbance in the East Side neighborhood, Chicago police said.

According to police, officers were responding to a call of a disturbance around 11:30 p.m. in an alley in the 11300-block of South Avenue L when the man walked towards their squad car and "got into a shooting stance".
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At least one officer fired shots at the man but did not strike him, police said.

The man, 31, was taken into custody, police said.
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No injuries were reported.

The Civilian Office of Police Accountability is investigating the incident.
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