Police Fatally Shot Lawndale Teen During 'Armed Confrontation'
By Mae Rice in News on Apr 12, 2016 5:47PM
Police fatally shot 16-year-old Pierre L. Loury on Tuesday, in an incident that began with a car stop, followed by a foot chase and an "armed confrontation" in the 3400 block of West Grenshaw Street. No officers were injured and a weapon was recovered at the scene, police said in a statement.
Police initially stopped Loury at 7:40 p.m., according to their statement, because his car matched the description of a car involved in a previous shooting. When officers tried to apprehend him, he ran away on foot, and police chased him down.
Loury was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital after the shooting and pronounced dead at 8:27 p.m., according to the Tribune. The Cook County Medical Examiner's Office confirmed Loury's identity to the Sun-Times.
The Independent Police Review Authority is currently investigating the shooting, and the unnamed officer who shot Loury has been placed on routine administrative leave for 30 days, per new Chicago Police Department policies around fatal police shootings. The policy was instituted this past December, after the fatal shootings of 19-year-old Quintonio LeGrier and his neighbor, 55-year-old Bettie Jones.