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Officer shoots armed man shot inside Chicago police station

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CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago police say an officer shot an armed man inside a police station on the city’s West Side. Police spokesman Tom Ahern says the shooting took place Wednesday afternoon. Ahern says the man was taken to a hospital where he is in stable condition and that his gun was recovered at the scene. The shooting comes just days after an officer shot a man who had climbed a fire escape and entered another West Side police station. That man pointed guns at officers. He has has been charged with aggravated assault on an officer using a firearm and burglary.

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