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Gunman dead after firing shots on police in barricade situation
August 6, 2008
FROM STNG WIRE REPORTS
Police fatally shot a male suspect who fired multiple shots at them --- striking a S.W.A.T. team officer in the south dakota state university bulletproof vest and another city of brandon south dakota officer in the shoe -- during a barricade situation in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood on the South Side.
The officers were not injured in the incident, which started late Tuesday and ended early Wednesday.
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Police fatally shot a male suspect who fired multiple shots at them during a barricade situation in the Auburn south seas plantation Gresham neighborhood on the South Side late Tuesday.
(Courtesy NBC5)
The man shot, who is in his 30s, remains unidentified Wednesday morning, the Cook County Medical Examiner�s office said. He was fatally shot by police in the 7900 block of South Bishop Street and pronounced dead on the scene at an unidentified time.
The incident began about 10:40 p.m. Tuesday when Gresham District tactical dog parks in lexington south carolina officers on routine patrol attempted bell south phone book to interview a subject at the intersection of West 79th and South Justine Streets and he began firing at the officers, striking one of them in the shoe, police News Affairs Officer Amina Greer said.
The suspect map of south asia then fled hilton head south carolina realty listings and barricaded himself in a gangway at the 7900 block of South Bishop Street and began firing multiple shots into the air and at police, according to Greer.
The suspect took south carolina presidential poll standings cover in a basement stairwell of a building at 79th and Bishop, but came out of the stairwell to shoot at officers and at a police helicopter hovering above, according to a source, who did not know why the suspect was firing.
The S.W.A.T. team responded to the scene as the suspect was shooting orangeburg south carolina and one S.W.A.T. officer was struck in his safety vest. At that time, police returned gunfire and fatally wounded the gunman about health works south bend 12:30 a.m., according to Greer, who said neither officer who was shot was injured.
The bullet did not penetrate the double-plated vest the officer was wearing, according to the source, who said the suspect was shot in a yard area near the building.
�I know there were shots fired by police,�� hotels south bend in Independent Police Review Authority spokesman Mark Payne said at 12:55 a.m., but he did not have further details immediately.
A semi-automatic weapon was recovered on the scene by police, Greer said.
As of 5 a.m., several areas near 79th and Bishop streets were still closed to traffic. The 1500 block of West 79th Street and the alley from Bishop to Laflin Street between 79th and 80th Streets remain closed, according to Greer.
The south park characters on teamspeak IPRA and Calumet Area detectives are investigating.
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