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Police Kill Suspect, 17, Who Shot At Officers: CPD

(CBS) -- A police-involved shooting in Chicago's Washington Park neighborhood has left a teen suspect dead.

The incident occurred near 59th and State around 11 p.m. Friday.

Officers were on a new "summer mobile detail" when they say they saw a group of men in an alley near 5834 South Wabash, according to Chicago police.

The uniformed cops approached in their unmarked car, and a suspect fired a shot at the vehicle, striking it. Officers returned fire, police say, fatally injuring the suspect.

A police official at the scene said a weapon was recovered.

The suspect who died has been identified as Corsean Lewis, 17.

The Independent Police Review Authority is investigating.

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