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Chicago Tribune
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Rosemary Sobol

Gun battle erupts as wanted teen opens fire at US Marshal officer, prosecutors say

CHICAGO — A 19-year-old man is accused of a shooting that wounded a police dog and an officer on the U.S. Marshals Service as he was being arrested Thursday afternoon on the Northwest Side, prosecutors said in court Saturday.

Tarrion Johnson appeared before Cook County Judge Kelly Marie McCarthy, who denied bail during a livestreamed hearing.

Johnson was charged with five counts of attempted first-degree murder, two counts of attempted armed robbery and aggravated cruelty to animals, Chicago police said.

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