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Chicago police shoot driver in front of 3 children

CHICAGO (AP) — Three young children in the backseat of a car witnessed a Chicago police officer shoot the driver while he was trying to flee after a traffic stop.

A police union spokesman says officers were surprised to realize the children were in the vehicle after the wounded driver lost control and hopped a curb.

Police say they stopped the driver around 1 a.m. Saturday on the far South Side and ordered him out of the car. The driver then jumped back inside and tried to flee.

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