Moved from LBN: Cops: Officer shoots, kills man who pointed gun at him

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-union-officer-shoots-man-who-pointed-gun-at-him-on-south-sides-greater-grand-crossing-20120708,0,507643.story

By Liam Ford Tribune reporter

6:43 p.m. CDT, July 8, 2012

A Chicago police officer shot and killed a man who pointed a gun at him after the officer and his partner chased the man for a few blocks in the Greater Grand Crossing area this morning, police and a union spokesman said.

The shooting took place a little after 5 a.m. in the 500 block of West Winneconna Parkway, when a man pointed a gun at a Gresham District officer who then shot him, according to a news release from police.

The Independent Police Review Authority was investigating a police-involved shooting at that location, but did not have details, a spokesman said.

The man was identified as Marquise Sampson, 19, of the 7200 block of South Stewart Avenue, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.

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