HARVEY IL POLICE FATALLY SHOOT ARMED ROBBERY SUSPECT AFTER CHASE THROUGH A CROWDED BLACK CHURCH

A south suburban police officer shot a man to death after he ran through a crowded church hall Sunday afternoon.

The suspect was wanted in a string of Dollar Store robberies in Harvey.

With a church hall full of people, Harvey Police say the situation could have been much worse had one of their own not fired back, killing a robbery suspect.

It all began at the Family Dollar Store at 159th and Halsted around 2:30 p.m. Sunday when an armed man walked inside. Customer John Kilpatrick was in line to check out.

"He was in front of me, all of a sudden he slammed a gun over the counter, he says 'ths is a robbery,'" Kilpatrick said. "He took off running after he robbed the store, I took off running after him. Police officers came, I told him where he was hiding."

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