Man Fatally Shot by Police at Homewood Apartment Building
A man was shot and killed by police at a Homewood apartment building early Sunday morning.
A man was shot and killed by Homewood police early Sunday morning, according to police. At 6:46 a.m. officers responded to a reported disturbance at an apartment building in the 900 block of Olive Road, the Chicago Tribune reports. Officers were then confronted by a man who lived on the third floor of the building. Police say the confrontation ended with the man being shot by an officer. The identity of the man has not been released, police said. The Illinois State Police are investigating and a review of the incident will be handled by the Cook County state's attorney public integrity unit. Sign up for Homewood breaking news alerts and follow us on Facebook.
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Gregory
8:49 pm on Tuesday, February 19, 2013
@CFOAM, this agency is entering territory that it's leadership never experienced. In previous shootings, the officer shot a fleeing felon in the face and because the victim was robbing a currency exchange, it was deemed a justifiable shooting and this officer was paraded and rightfully so. The media was all over the case and Homewood offered immediae responses because it made them look like a … more ›