A man who advanced toward officers holding an overnight was fatally wounded overnight at an apartment building in the Little Village neighborhood, Chicago police said.
About 2:10 a.m. Friday, officers were alerted about a man with a knife inside a sixth-floor apartment in the 3000 block of West 21st Place. When officers arrived, the man confronted them holding a knife, and he was shot multiple times, police said.
Officers rendered aid to the man until medical help arrived. He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital where he was later pronounced dead.
Two police officers also were taken to a nearby hospital for observation. The Investigative Response Team was summoned to the scene. The specifics of the shooting, including the use of force are being investigated by the Civilian Office of Police Accountability.
