The Brief
- Video of a suspect fatally shot by Chicago police last month in Hammond, Indiana, was released on Tuesday.
- The man was wanted for aggravated battery and fled from officers during a traffic stop on the city’s Southeast Side.
- The suspect crashed his vehicle before firing at officers, which is when police shot and killed him.
CHICAGO – Chicago’s police oversight agency (COPA) has released bodycam video of the fatal shooting of a man who officers chased to northwest Indiana last month.
The backstory:
Chicago police officers responded on May 8, around 5:49 p.m., to a report of a person with a gun in the 13400 block of South Baltimore Avenue, where they located a suspect wanted in connection with an aggravated battery case.…