Crime & Safety

COPA Releases Video Of Chicago Police Officers Firing At Armed Woman On Far South Side

New video shows the moments Chicago police officers fired shots at a woman who pulled a gun on them last month on the Far South Side.

(CBS Chicago)

October 19, 2023

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Newly released video shows the moments Chicago police officers fired shots at a woman who pulled a gun on them last month on the Far South Side.

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Officers responded to the 9900 block of South Ewing Avenue in the East Side neighborhood around 2:03 a.m. on Sept. 2 for a report of a person with a gun and saw two people in the area.

Body camera video released by the Civilian Office of Police Accountability on Wednesday shows officers approaching a woman to question her, repeatedly saying "come here" and "let me see your hands," before she pointed a gun at them.

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