Early Sunday morning in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood, a 16-year-old male from Plainfield was fatally shot by police officers assigned to a Robbery Task Force. The Chicago Sun-Times reports that the shooting occurred near the 1800 block of South Blue Island Avenue around 1:15 a.m. after officers heard multiple shots fired. Chicago Police Department officials said that officers encountered two armed offenders, and during the engagement, a teenager, Alex Angel Cortez, was hit.
Following the incident, Cortez was rushed to a hospital and pronounced dead at 1:56 a.m., the information, provided by police and the Cook County medical examiner's office. At the scene, officers found a firearm. While this series of events unfolded, another incident drew attention. A man and a woman were discovered inside a vehicle with multiple gunshot wounds and were taken to hospitals in critical condition, the update was lacking by Monday, and police had not provided further details on their conditions, as detailed by the Chicago Sun-Times.
Meanwhile, the father of the slain teen told WGN-TV in an interview that his son did not possess a gun, contrary to the police narrative. "He gave me a hug, saying, ‘Dad, how are you?'" the father said, shortly before the incident took place. More details are expected to emerge as the COPA investigation proceeds, with CPD fully cooperating..
