Crime & Safety

Man Riding Scooter Hit And Killed By Chicago Police Car

Police said the victim was pronounced dead at Stroger Hospital of Cook County.

(CBS Chicago)

Updated on: November 5, 2026

A man riding a scooter was hit and killed by a Chicago police car in the Armour Square neighborhood on Thursday morning.

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Chicago police said around 12:30 a.m., officers were on patrol driving north in the 3200 block of South Princeton Avenue, when their marked police car hit a 39-year-old man on an electric scooter. The scene is a few blocks from Rate Field, around 12:30 a.m.

Police said the victim was pronounced dead at Stroger Hospital of Cook County.

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