Black man shot by Chicago police after pointing gun at officers following chase

A man was shot and wounded by police after he led officers on a chase through yards and alleys of the Grand Crossing neighborhood on the South Side, then crouched and pointed a gun, officials said.

The person was taken in serious-to-critical condition to Stroger Hospital, according to Fire Department spokesman Will Knight. No officers were injured when the man, believed to be 21, was shot, a police union spokesman said.

The shooting occurred around 11 a.m. around the 1500 block of East 77th Street, according to Independent Police Review Authority spokesman Larry Merritt. 

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