Detective shoots armed suspect after pointing gun at police

The Force Investigation Unit has been called to investigate an officer-involved shooting.

Around 1:00pm, Anti-Crime Task Force detectives attempted to stop a stolen SUV. After spiking the vehicle and a brief tactical pursuit, two suspects bailed and ran from officers near Whittier and Maffitt.

During a foot pursuit, an armed suspect turned and pointed a gun at officers when the detective shot the armed suspect. A second armed juvenile was taken into custody and not injured. A third individual in the rear seat was in the SUV and complied with officers.

No officers were injured.

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