An off-duty Chicago police officer shot and killed a man who broke into his South Side home Friday morning, police said.


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The intruder, who police said was armed, had not been identified as of late Friday. The officer thought he heard someone breaking into his home in the Garfield Ridge neighborhood and called 911 around 8:45 a.m., then he was confronted by an intruder "with something in his hand," said Wentworth Area Deputy Chief of Patrol Eddie Welch. The officer, who police did not identify, fired his service weapon several times, killing the intruder, Welch said. The man had gotten into the home in the 5500 block of South Normandy Avenue by kicking in the basement door, Welch said. A weapon belonging to the intruder was found at the scene, Welch said.

Good Cop: Chicago police say an off-duty cop shoots and kills a man who broke into his home

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