Burglary suspect fatally shot by Chicago police in Lawndale shootout, officials say

CHICAGO (WLS) -- An officer-involved shooting is under investigation on the city's West Side, according to the Civilian Office of Police Accountability. A burglary suspect was shot and killed by police.

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A shootout happened Sunday morning in the 1800 block of South Ridgeway Avenue in the Lawndale neighborhood, COPA officials said.

Chicago police said officers were responding to a burglary in progress in the 1800 block of South Central Park Avenue when they encountered a suspect. The situation escalated with a chase and an exchange of gunfire across several blocks.

Citizen app video recorded gunfire at the scene, and nearby residents described the chaos.

"Like a war back and forth, I don't know, just a lot of gunshots," resident Mustafa Hayes said.

The suspect opened fire at police, and officers returned fire, CPD officials said.

"Bunch of gunshot... eight, nine, 10 gun shots, then return fire, like seven, eight return fire shots," an anonymous resident told ABC7. "Then more shots fired, so you could tell it was different people shooting at each other so you could tell it was more than one person's."

The suspect was shot and later died from their injuries, police said. Their identity was not yet known.

A weapon was recovered at the scene, police said.

"The Officer(s) involved will be placed on routine administrative duties for a minimum period of 30 days," a CPD news release read in part.

The investigation included several locations around 18th Street between Central Park Avenue and Hamlin Avenue. Residents trying to come into the area had to be escorted home through the crime scenes.

"It's hard. This is a total crime scene. I feel like I'm in the middle of a television show, this is disheartening," one woman said.

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"It's very senseless nonsense, especially on a Sunday morning, to hear it that early in the morning, it was just beyond me," resident Alyssa Carrero said. "It's crazy. I couldn't even believe it."

The shooting happened Sunday morning as some were at Sunday worship or going to worship in the Lawndale neighborhood.

"This neighborhood this area in particular there is never really nothing happening ever, so it might be a shock to everybody it's sad that is happened on a Sunday, especially with the church right there," Hayes said.

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