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The wounded man was found dumped on the street at Homan Avenue and Lexington Street, about five blocks west of the shooting scene. He was taken to Mt. Sinai Hospital, where he was in critical condition and undergoing surgery for a gunshot wound to the head, according to sources....

The chief administrator of the review authority, Ilana Rosenzweig, would only confirm that a police officer fired his weapon and that one person was wounded. No police officers were hurt.

She would not say what precipitated the shooting, whether any shots were fired at the police, or if the wounded man was struck by an officer's bullet.

"It's under investigation," Rosenzweig said.

Man critically wounded in police shooting
By Jason Meisner
Tribune staff reporter
4:48 AM CST, December 21, 2007

A man was shot in the head and critically wounded overnight in a police-related incident on Chicago's West Side, but authorities would not say what occurred or even if the bullet that hit the person was fired by an officer.

The incident began shortly before midnight at Flournoy Street and Francisco Avenue, in the city's Lawndale neighborhood, police said. The man who was shot was in a light-colored sedan that sped away from that location after shooting erupted.

The wounded man was found dumped on the street at Homan Avenue and Lexington Street, about five blocks west of the shooting scene. He was taken to Mt. Sinai Hospital, where he was in critical condition and undergoing surgery for a gunshot wound to the head, according to sources.

Detectives this morning were combing the area on Flournoy Street, where numerous evidence markers could be seen in the road designating shell casings. Police had also cordoned off the intersection of Homan and Lexington with crime scene tape.

Officer John Henry, a spokesman for the Chicago Police Department, said police were not releasing any information pending the outcome of an investigation by the newly formed Independent Police Review Authority.

The chief administrator of the review authority, Ilana Rosenzweig, would only confirm that a police officer fired his weapon and that one person was wounded. No police officers were hurt.

She would not say what precipitated the shooting, whether any shots were fired at the police, or if the wounded man was struck by an officer's bullet.

"It's under investigation," Rosenzweig said. She said her investigators would interview the officers involved as well as any witnesses that could be found at either scene.

The outcome of the investigation would not be known for weeks, Rosenzweig said.