Chicago police fatally shot a man who came at them with a knife in a South Shore apartment building early Monday, authorities said.
The shooting happened around 2:50 a.m. in the 1400 block of East 75th Street after officers responded to calls of a person threatening residents, police said.
Officers went to the apartment where the man lived and tried to speak with him, the Chicago Police Department said in a statement. They entered the apartment and “were confronted by the offender, who was armed with a knife,” the statement said. “Officers then deployed their tasers, which failed to subdue the offender.”
The man continued to advance toward the officers with the knife and they shot him, police said. He was pronounced dead, and a knife was recovered at the scene, police said.
The officers involved will be placed on administrative duties for at least 30 days, as is routine after a shooting. The Civilian Office of Police Accountability was investigating.
A second police-involved shooting involving an off-duty officer occurred early Monday in the 10600 block of South LaSalle Street in the Roseland neighborhood, according to COPA. Police haven’t yet released details in that shooting.