Overview

• Chicago police fatally shot a man armed with a knife at the Grand Regency of Jackson Park, an assisted living facility in the Grand Crossing neighborhood, early Monday morning.
• Officers responded to a call about the man threatening residents and deployed Tasers, which failed to subdue him before they fired their weapons.
• The man, a resident of the facility, was pronounced dead at the scene, and no officers were injured in the incident.
• The Civilian Office of Police Accountability (COPA) is investigating this shooting, as well as a separate off-duty officer-involved shooting in the Roseland neighborhood on the same day.
• The officers involved in the Grand Crossing shooting have been placed on administrative leave for at least 30 days as part of standard protocol during the investigation.