Man shot, killed in struggle with Illinois State Police troopers on South Side, officials say

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A person died after a shooting on Chicago's South Side involving Illinois State Police troopers Wednesday night, ISP said.

The father of the suspect has many questions as to how this happened. He said his son does not live there and doesn't know what would prompt police to shoot him.

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Illinois State Police said they responded to a call of a domestic situation, originating on I-57 around 10:50 p.m.

Troopers then located the suspect with a gun in the 6500-block of South Champlain Avenue in the city's Woodlawn neighborhood.

There was a struggle, ISP said, and shots were fired. The suspect was shot and rushed to the hospital, where he later died.

Records show the suspect, 24-year-old Jalen Carpenter, was on electronic monitoring after he was charged in February with Aggravated Assault and Use of a Deadly weapon. He was ordered to stay away from the alleged victim's home, work and school.

"Me and my family are grieving right now," Stan Carpenter, the suspect's father, said. "It's hard it's hard. This is hard. My son was a good kid. He worked for Amazon. He was getting his life together. He just had a baby and the baby will be two years old."

Stan Carpenter was scouring the area in the 6500-block of South Champlain Avenue o Thursday in search of possible surveillance video that may have captured the shooting that killed his son.

Surveillance video obtained by ABC7 showed one trooper restraining Carpenter, who appeared to be holding a gun. A second trooper appeared to shoot Carpenter in the back.

"They're not shooting or firing warning shots," Stan Carpenter said. "They're not shooting to tase him. They could've Tased him or disarmed him, if they're saying what they're saying, but I know my son would never up a gun or do nothing towards police because we have it in our family."

Carpenter's father said they have police officers in their family, and he doesn't believe his son would ever point a gun at police.

ISP, however, said a gun was found at the scene.

"I just think that my son was assassinated and there's more and more people being killed by lethal force instead of un-lethal force," Stan Carpenter said. "There's other ways to go around it but if you shoot a person 15 times and shoot them in the head, that's overkill."

No troopers were hurt during the incident.

Carpenter's father said he is one of 11 siblings and he leaves behind a 2-year-old son.

The ISP Division of Internal Investigation Special Agents are investigating the incident.

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