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CHICAGO (Fox32 Chicago) - A Maywood man is facing charges after he was shot by police Wednesday when he entered a Lawndale district station & began pointing a BB gun at officers.
Terrick Bland, 43, was charged with 5 felony counts of aggravated assault of a peace officer & 1 count of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
At about 12:52 p.m., Bland entered the 10th District station located at 3315 W. Ogden Ave.,
Chicago Police Supt. David Brown said Bland was mumbling & ranting in the lobby of the facility.
"Officers see that the offender has a plastic bag wrapped in his hand and one of the officers immediately sees what appears to be a barrel of a gun protruding from the wrapped plastic bag that the offender is holding in his hand," Brown said.
Police said Bland began shouting anti-police sentiments & then brandished a gun, pointing it at officers & civilian employees who were working the front desk.
Shots were then fired at Bland by 3 officers.
Bland was struck in the arm & transported to Mount Sinai Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, where he was listed in stable condition.
No officers or civilian employees were wounded.
COPA said a body camera captured the initial interaction and the shooting. Video of the shooting will be posted within 60 days of the incident.
Bland is scheduled to appear in bond court Friday.
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