Chicago cop fatally shoots teen on Southwest Side

Police said the 16-year-old and 12-year-old boys were not armed, and neither was arrested because there was no break-in.

Chicago cop fatally shoots teen on Southwest Side
By Jeremy Gorner Chicago Tribune reporter
12:12 PM CDT, August 18, 2008
A Chicago police officer shot and killed an armed teen who confronted him Sunday night on the grounds of a Chicago Housing Authority complex on the Southwest Side, police said early Monday.

The teen was identified by his family as Marcus Landrum, 18, who would have turned 19 on Monday.

The shooting occurred about 10:10 p.m. in the 4900 block of West 45th Street, outside the LeClaire Courts homes in the Garfield Ridge community.

Police responded to a burglary call at a residence about a block from the housing complex and were given descriptions of three male suspects, all of whom were seen riding bicycles, police said.
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