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Police fire shots near Parkway Gardens complex; no one hiton March 11, 2021 at 6:45 pm

A person was in custody after police fired gunshots, but didn’t hit the person, Thursday near the Parkway Gardens complex on the South Side.

The shooting happened about noon in the 6300 block of South King Drive, according to Chicago police spokesman Tom Ahern.

The person was in custody and a gun was recovered, Ahern said. No one was hit by gunfire, he said.

Ahern shared a photo of the person’s gun on the ground.

A photo of gun allegedly used by a person who was shot at, but not hit, by police March 11 in the 6300 block of South King Drive.
Tom Ahern/Chicago police

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