Chicago police: Officers fatally shot man who fired at them

Chicago police say officers shot and killed a man after he opened fire on their patrol car on the city's South Side.

In a news release, police say the officers were responding to a call of a man with a gun at about 11:10 pm yesterday when they pulled up to a group of men in an alley. Police say that as the officers approached the group, one man fired at them with a handgun. A bullet struck a police car. The officers returned fire and shot the man.

Police say a gun was recovered at the scene. The officers were not injured.
 

The man's name has not been released by the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office.