Chicago cops shoot and kill 3 people
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Police in Chicago shot and killed three people on Saturday, including a mother of five who they said was shot 鈥渁ccidentally鈥 when officers responded to a domestic disturbance.
A police statement said that on arriving in response early Saturday to the disturbance, 鈥渙fficers were confronted by a combative subject resulting in the discharging of the officer鈥檚 weapon, fatally wounding two individuals.鈥
The killings are the first in the city since protests last month over a video showing a white police officer in Chicago shooting 16 times at a fleeing black teen, who died at the scene.
The shooting, which took place in 2014, has triggered a federal civil rights probe into the police.
Local media identified the two African-American fatalities as Bettie Jones, a mother of five, and engineering student Quintonio LeGrier, 19.
Updating the statement later, police said: 鈥淭he 55-year-old female victim was accidentally struck and tragically killed. The department extends its deepest condolences to the victim鈥檚 family and friends.鈥
There was no information on the identity of the police officers.
Separately, Chicago police responded elsewhere to an 鈥渁ssault in progress,鈥 faced an armed man and shot him. The man was rushed to the hospital but died.
Police referred all questions to the Independent Police Review Authority.
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