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The Chicago
Tribune identified the suspect as Pierre Loury, 16, who was shot
and killed by an officer on Monday evening on the city's West
Side.
Police declined on Tuesday to identify the suspect and the
officer involved in the shooting.
Patrol officers stopped a vehicle believed to have been involved
in an earlier shooting in the area at about 7:30 p.m. During the
stop, a suspect got out of the vehicle and fled, the Chicago
Police Department said in a statement.
"A brief foot pursuit ensued leading to an armed confrontation,
between the fleeing offender and the officer," police said in
the statement. "During that encounter, an officer discharged his
service weapon fatally striking the offender."
A weapon was recovered on scene and no police officers were
injured in the incident, police said.
Loury was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead
less than an hour after the incident, the medical examiner's
office told the Tribune.
The officer, who has not been identified, has been removed from
his patrol duties as authorities investigate the incident, the
department said.
The incident comes amid a U.S. Justice Department investigation
into the department's use of force, including deadly force,
following the death of a black teenager in a 2014 police
shooting.
Police officer Jason Van Dyke was charged with first-degree
murder in November, 13 months after having shot 17-year-old
Laquan McDonald 16 times, in an incident captured on a police
squad car dashboard video.
The release of the video sparked protests and led to the firing
of Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy in December. The city
has yet to name a permanent replacement.
(Reporting by Brendan O'Brien in Milwaukee, Editing by Ben
Klayman, Bernard Orr)
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