Police kill another
The police shot and killed another man Wednesday, of course they say they are justified and the guy "pointed a gun" at them. The peoples investigation is underway, for now though here is the corporate media accounts.


From the suntimes:

Police fatally shoot man on South Side

August 22, 2007
FROM STNG WIRE REPORTS
Chicago Police fatally shot a 22-year-old man who allegedly charged a police officer with a gun early Wednesday in the South Side's Gresham neighborhood.

A Gresham District police officer shot the man, identified as Johnny Goodwin by the Cook County Medical Examiner's office, about 12:15 a.m. at 8147 S. Morgan St., according to police News Affairs Deputy Director Pat Camden. Goodwin's home address and pronouncement information were not available at 5:30 a.m. Wednesday.

Goodwin was walking east on West 82nd Street and ducked into an alley near South Morgan Street when he saw a marked Gresham District incident car traveling west on West 82nd Street, Camden said.

The police car followed Goodwin into the alley, and when he began running through gangways, one officer pursued on foot while the other officer attempted to cut Goodwin off in the car, according to Camden.

The uniformed officers lost sight of Goodwin and begin searching the area. After jumping a fence, one officer began checking "the rear porches and whatnot" at 8147 S. Morgan St. and saw Goodwin hiding in a stairwell with a gun in his hands, Camden said.

The officer identified himself as a police officer and told Goodwin "numerous times" to drop the weapon. Instead, Goodwin "rushes out of the stairwell with his weapon pointed at the officer," Camden said.

About 12:15 a.m., the officer fired at Goodwin, fatally striking him in the torso. Nobody else was injured in the shooting, Camden said.

Police recovered a .38 caliber revolver from the offender, according to Camden.

A round table discussion is scheduled for Wednesday to determine if the shooting was justified.

Calumet Area detectives are investigating.

from the Tribune:

Review backs cops in man's fatal shooting

By Dan P. Blake and Angela Rozas | Tribune staff reporters
8:02 PM CDT, August 22, 2007

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A Chicago police officer shot and killed a man on the South Side early Wednesday after he refused to drop a handgun he was carrying, then charged at the officer, police said.

A preliminary investigation into the shooting of Johnny Goodwin determined the officer "discharged his weapon in compliance with department guidelines," said Chicago police spokeswoman Monique Bond.

The office of professional standards continues to investigate and will make the final determination, she said.

Goodwin, 21, whose last known address was in the 800 block of West 83rd Street, was shot outside a home in the 8100 block of South Morgan Street, police and the Cook County medical examiner's office said.

Goodwin was pronounced dead about 3 a.m. at the scene. The incident began about 12:15 a.m. when two Gresham District officers saw Goodwin acting "suspiciously" while walking east on 82nd Street near Morgan, according to police Cmdr. Dana Alexander.

When Goodwin saw the officers, he ran through an alley and the officers pursued. They saw the man place "what appeared to be a handgun into his waistband," Alexander said.

Goodwin continued trying to elude the officers by running through a gangway and jumping a fence, Alexander said. He briefly lost the officers, one of whom had left the squad car to chase him on foot, Alexander added.

When the officer on foot came upon the man crouched in a gangway stairwell of the bungalow, the man pointed a gun at the officer, Alexander said. The officer repeatedly ordered the man to drop the weapon, but "the subject rushed out of the stairwell with the weapon pointed at the officer," Alexander said.

"In fear for his life, [the officer] fired multiple times, striking the offender," Alexander said in a morning briefing near the site of the shooting Wednesday.

Police spokesman Pat Camden said a .38-caliber revolver was found in Goodwin's hand, but he had not fired any shots at the officer.

The two officers involved in the incident were assigned to a district "incident car," which police wearing civilian clothes use to patrol areas of high narcotics trafficking and gang activity. Police declined to release further details about the officers involved.

According to court documents, Goodwin had been arrested eight times in the last four years and was convicted of possession of marijuana in 2004. He was sentenced to 6 months of probation.