Police shot and killed a 19-year-old man after he took a woman hostage outside of a club in the Gresham neighborhood on the South Side early this morning, police said.At 12:40 a.m., police received a 911 call reporting that there was a man with a gun near South Ashland Avenue and West 80th Street, said Pat Camden with the Fraternal Order of Police.
Gresham District officers responded and saw a large group of people coming out of a club in the area. The officers also saw a man who had taken a woman hostage, Camden said.
"He had his arm around her neck and was holding her in front of him," Camden said.
Officers began to struggle with the man and the woman was able to get away, unhurt, Camden said.
The man reached for a weapon in his waistband, prompting police to fatally shoot the man, he said.
The man was identified as Niko Husband, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office. No other information was immediately available.
A 9mm handgun was recovered from the scene, Camden said.
No other injuries were reported.
The incident marked the second fatal police-involved shooting in less than 12 hours. On Saturday at 4:20 p.m., police fatally shot a man on the West Side.
