A teen who was fatally shot by Chicago police early Sunday was identified as 16-year-old boy from suburban Plainfield, Alex Angel Cortez.
Officers assigned to the Robbery Task Force heard multiple shots near the 1800-block of South Blue Island Avenue and encountered two “armed offenders” about 1:15 a.m., Chicago police said.
Officers then opened fire, striking Alex Angel Cortez.
Cortez, 16, was taken to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead at 1:56 a.m., police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.
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