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IPRA releases dramatic video of police-involved shooting

Published  September 15, 2017 6:58am CDT
Chicago
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Officers block off a Belmont Central neighborhood block after a man was shot by a Chicago Police officer during a traffic stop early Sunday. | Network Video Productions

FOX 32/SUN-TIMES - IPRA released dashcam video Thursday of a Chicago police officer firing shots at a man who was allegedly holding a gun in the back seat of a vehicle on July 16 in the Belmont Central neighborhood.

The 18-year-old man was shot by at least one Chicago Police officer early on the Northwest Side.

At 3:07 a.m., Grand Central District officers pulled over a vehicle in the alley in the 2800 block of North Mulligan after the driver committed an alleged traffic violation, according to a police statement.

Officers approached the vehicle and saw someone armed with a gun in the back seat, police said. An officer and a sergeant fired their weapons, striking him in the arm and leg.

He was taken to Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, where his condition had stabilized, police said. No officers were injured.

A weapon was recovered at the scene, police said.

The officers involved in the incident will be placed on routine administrative duties for 30 days, per Chicago Police Department policy. The Independent Police Review Authority will investigate the shooting.