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In plea deal, Chicago police training officer gets probation in 2020 off-duty shooting of unarmed driver

A Chicago police body-worn camera shows damage to a hatchback on Dec. 11, 2020, after Officer Kevin Bunge shot a teenager in the driver’s seat. (The Civilian Office of Police Accountability)

A Chicago Police trainer who faced 12 felony counts for his unprovoked shooting of an unarmed man will not be sent to prison after a plea agreement with Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx’s office.

Officer Kevin Bunge, 40, pleaded guilty Sept. 14 to a single count of aggravated discharge of a firearm for the off-duty 2020 shooting on the North Side. Prosecutors dropped the other counts — including attempted murder and aggravated battery, whose minimum sentences carried prison terms.

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