Crime & Safety
Man Shot By Off-Duty CPD Officer In Interrupted Robbery Dies: Police
A South Side man dies two days after he was shot by an off-duty Chicago police officer during an interrupted robbery, police said.
CHICAGO — A man shot by an off-duty Chicago police officer Wednesday has died. Police said the man was robbing someone in the Brainerd neighborhood, when the off-duty officer interrupted the robbery.
Just before 1 p.m. Wednesday, the off-duty officer interrupted an apparent robbery in the 1300 block of West 90th Street. Police said the officer announced her office, and produced her weapon as she tried to intervene. The suspect was shot during a struggle over the officer’s gun, police said.
The man, identified by the Cook County Medical Examiner as 39-year-old Leevon Smith, died Friday. Smith lived in Bronzeville.
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Smith was transferred to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he died.
The specifics of the incident, including the comprehensive use of force, are being investigated by the Civilian Office of Police Accountability with the full cooperation of the Chicago Police Department. The officer involved will be placed on routine administrative duties for a period of 30 days.
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Anyone with information is asked to call COPA at 312-746-3609.
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