Crime & Safety
'Are You OK?': Relative Worried About Woman's Well-Being Before Fatal Shooting By Cops
Michele Robey was shot and killed by Chicago police Friday after allegedly threatening and lunging at officers with a knife.
CHICAGO, IL — A family member of the 55-year-old woman who was fatally shot by Chicago police Friday night after allegedly threatening and lunging at officers with a knife was worried about the victim's health and well-being in the weeks leading up to the tragic incident, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.
"Who are you today? Are you ok?" the relative recently wrote on the Facebook page of Michele Robey, the woman who police shot and killed Friday, Feb. 10, after receiving a call that she had been harassing workers with a knife at a CVS Pharmacy in the 3900 block of North Western Avenue in the North Center neighborhood. A Taser was used twice on Robey, and when that was ineffective, officers opened fire.
Robey, who lived in the Hollywood Park neighborhood, died from a gunshot wound to the stomach, the Sun-Times reports. Her death has been ruled a homicide by the Cook County medical examiner's officer, the report added.
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The Independent Police Review Authority is currently investigating the shooting. As part of department policy, the officers involved in the shooting will be placed on 30-day administrative leave.
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Over the past several years, Robey struggled with financial problems and faced minor run ins with law enforcement.
Disabled and unemployed beginning in 2011, she filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in 2012 and owed more than $300,000, stemming largely from unpaid medical bills and mortgages on two Elgin properties, according to the Sun-Times. In the filing, Robey claimed to have less than $20 in cash, and she said that nearly $800 of the $2,395 in monthly Social Security payments she received went toward taking care of her then-15-year-old son, the report added.
Last year, Robey was arrested on retail theft and drug possession charges, the report stated. Those charges, however, were eventually dropped, the report added.
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