Another shooting tragedy straight out of the Chi…. Teenage Chicago Gunman Shot And Killed By Police A Chicago teenager who police say was recklessly firing shots at pedestrians while riding on his bike has lost his life after being fatally shot by Chicago police officers. via Chicago Tribune A teenaged gunman on a bicycle who officials said was firing shots at pedestrians and police officers was fatally shot by police this afternoon on the West Side, according to authorities. The gunman, who is 15 or 16, was pronounced dead at Mount Sinai Hospital, according to Pat Camden, a police union spokesman. It happened in the 1300 block of South Independence Boulevard in the Lawndale neighborhood, according to police. At about 4:10 p.m., Ogden District tactical officers were northbound on Independence Boulevard approaching Roosevelt Road when they heard gunshots coming from the west side of Independence, according to a statement released by Chicago Police Department News Affairs. When the officers made a U-turn and crossed the median, they spotted the offender firing shots at pedestrians and fleeing southbound on a bicycle while brandishing a handgun, the statement said. “He was riding a bicycle firing at people on the street,” Camden said. The officers were pursuing the offender when he turned towards the officers and fired shots at them, prompting the officers to fire their weapons and hit the gunman, the statement said. “They’re right behind him in an unmarked car beeping their sirens and flashing their lights when he turns around, twice, and fired at the squad car,” Camden said. “The third time he turned around, the passenger in the squad car fired at him and hit him,” Camden said. “He was DOA at Mount Sinai.” Judging from what we know so far, it sounds like police had no other choice but to do what they did before this young man harmed anyone else. SMH.
