Chicago Police Fatally Shot a 16-Year-Old Boy Last Night

He was said to be armed.

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A 16-year-old died at the hands of Chicago Police last night after being shot. This comes after several tumultuous months for the Chicago Police Department following two separate incidents including the death of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald, who was shot 16 times by a police officer, and 19-year-old Quintonio LeGrier shot dead by police. Most recently the officer who shot LeGrier threatened to sue his family. 

The Chicago Sun-Timesreports Chicago Police said 16-year-old Pierre L. Loury was fatally shot after a confrontation with police—an "armed confrontation."

A statement from Chicago Police as reported by the Chicago Sun-Times said police patrolling the Harrison District tried to pull over a car they saw matched the description of a car involved in a shooting. This was at approximately 7:40 p.m. on Monday night. 

Police said as they were trying to pull over the car a person from the car exited the vehicle and ran. 

ABC reports police as saying Loury then led police on a foot chase before allegedly pointing a gun at a police officer. Chicago Police said a weapon was found at the scene, but didn't say if Loury fired at police. 

The Cook County medical examiner's office reports Loury was declared dead at Mount Sinai Hospital that same night at 8:27 p.m. 

Deputy Superintendent at the Chicago PD John Escalante said, "The subject, who is deceased, shot by police, did bail from the car that led to a foot pursuit. I believe only one officer actually participated in the foot pursuit."

18-year-old Regina McKinney said she knew Loury since grade school and said she didn't believe what police said happened, even less that Loury would carry a gun. 

"I know (Loury) well enough to know he wasn't like that," McKinney said. "You know what I think it was? A case of mistaken identity. They saw him running, and they chased him. Of course if you see the police roll up on you, nine times out of 10, you're going to run."

The Chicago Sun-Timesreports the officer who shot Loury has been put on administrative leave and that the shooting is being investigated by the Independent Police Review Authority. 

A couple of months ago Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced a move to arm police officers with tasers by June 2016. 

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