Man killed, Chicago police officer wounded in exchange of gunfire in South Shore

Police investigate the scene where a man was shot and killed Monday by police officers during a pursuit in South Shore. (Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times)

A man was killed and a Chicago police officer was wounded in an exchange of gunfire in the South Shore neighborhood Monday.

Four officers had stopped the man on the sidewalk in the 7300 block of South Dante Avenue shortly before noon, according to Chicago Police Supt. Larry Snelling. The man took off running and the officers chased him, he said.