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A Chicago police officer shot a man in the leg in Calumet Heights on the South Side early Sunday after getting a call from someone threatening suicide, authorities said. Devontae M. Phillips was charged with two misdemeanor counts of aggravated assault of a peace officer/volunteer, according to Chicago Police. Phillips, who lived on the block where the shooting happened, was released on a $1,500 bond Monday morning.
Just before 1:10 a.m., a person called 911 saying he was in a second-floor apartment in the 1800 block of East 87th Street and was going to kill himself, a source said. The caller said he had a 9mm handgun, according to the source. About 1:15 a.m., police arrived to assist with the EMS call, according to Chief of Detectives Eugene Roy. Officers found a man in the apartment "holding what appeared to be a handgun" and they told him to drop it, Roy said.
The man pointed the gun at the officers, and one of them deployed a Taser while another ...
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