Chicago police officer's shooting of 13-year-old carjacking suspect being investigated
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An investigation is underway after a Chicago police officer shot an unarmed 13-year-old boy who authorities allege was involved in two recent carjackings.
An investigation is underway after a Chicago police officer shot a 13-year-old boy during a foot pursuit who authorities allege was involved in two recent carjackings.
The incident occurred Wednesday night on the city's West Side. Police tracked the license plate of a vehicle stolen two days earlier in Chicago to the area shortly after 10 p.m., according to Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown.
As officers attempted to stop the vehicle, the teenager got out of the car and fled, as several officers pursued him on foot, Brown said.
"The subject flees to a gas station parking lot ... and turns toward the officer," Brown told reporters during a briefing Thursday. "The officer then discharges his weapon, striking the individual once."
