A Chicago man is dead after sustaining a gunshot wound following a traffic stop in Oak Park Sunday.
About 9:10 p.m. Sunday, an Oak Park police officer conducted a traffic stop on a black SUV in the vicinity of Harrison Street and Austin Boulevard, according to village officials.
The officer told the driver, Christian Wallace, a 38-year-old Chicago resident, to exit the vehicle and found that Wallace was carrying a gun while performing a protective pat down, the report stated. After a tussle over control of the weapon, according to village officials, Wallace regained possession of the weapon and the officer subsequently shot Wallace with his own service weapon.
Oak Park Police Department officers administered first aid to Wallace while he was transported to Loyola University Medical Center where he was pronounced dead at 9:59 p.m., officials said.
The officer was transported to the same hospital for injuries sustained during the incident and was released early Monday morning, according to village officials.
A firearm with a defaced serial number was recovered at the scene, according to the village report.
The Illinois State Police Public Integrity Task Force responded to the scene and is conducting the investigation.
