Police fatally shoots man on subway train in South Chicago, U.S.

Chicago police Saturday shot and killed an armed man on the subway train in South Chicago, the local media Chicago Sun-time quoted police as saying.

The local police responded to a call that a man with a gun was on the train in the morning and managed to approach him. But the man began to fight with the officers and pointed a gun at the officers, which prompted both officers to discharge their weapons and shot him, according to a release from the police.

The man was then taken to a local hospital and was pronounced dead there.

There were no other injuries reported, and the weapon was recovered on the scene, police said.

The Independent Police Review Authority, which investigates police-involved shootings, was investigating the shooting.

Source: Xinhua