Jun 15, 2009 11:48 am US/Central
Boy Shot By Police In Pilsen School
Police: 2 Boys Broke Into School
CHICAGO (CBS) ―
A 14-year-old boy who allegedly pointed a firearm at Chicago Police was shot by an officer inside a Pilsen neighborhood elementary school Monday morning.
Police say the boy broke into a third-floor computer room at Whittier Elementary School, 1900 W. 23rd St., with another boy, 13.
Police said that about 4:30 a.m. officers responded to a burglar alarm that activated at Whittier Elementary. When officers got inside the school they discovered a 14-year-old boy and his 13-year-old brother.
The older boy allegedly pointed a weapon at officers, one of whom then shot at him and struck him in the leg. The weapon was a long black object that resembled a shotgun but was actually a BB/pellet gun.
The 14-year-old did not fire his weapon and the 13-year-old did not have a weapon, police said.
Both boys fled the school after the shooting, but police were able to find the younger boy who told officers where the older one lived. The older boy was then arrested near the intersection of Cullerton Street and Damen Avenue while he may have been attempting to get to a hospital in a vehicle driven by someone else, police said.
The 14-year-old was transported to Stroger Hospital of Cook County in an unidentified condition, police said.
The firearm was recovered and no charges have been filed as of 8:50 a.m.
It was not immediately known why the boys allegedly entered the school, but police said it did not appear that anything was taken from the building.
No summer classes were scheduled at the school, and any other community programs scheduled there today will be cancelled, said Monique Bond, Chicago Public Schools spokeswoman.
"We will rely on the Independent Police Review Authority to conduct its investigation," Bond said in an email. "CPS Safety and Security is also investigating."
Mark Payne, a spokesman for the Independent Police Review Authority, which investigates all shootings involving Chicago Police officers, confirmed that a male was shot by police and that their agency is investigating.
The Associated Press and the STNG Wire contributed to this report.
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