Paris C. Nicholson
Name: Paris C. Nicholson
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Race: African-American/Black
Date: 04/06/2006
Location: 7200 block West 63rd Street
Summit, Illinois, 60501
County: Cook
Agency: Summit Police Department
Cause of Death: Gunshot
Intended Use of Force: Deadly force
Media summary: An officer shot Paris C. Nicholson near Argo Community High School. According to police, officers had responded to a disturbance at about 6:10 p.m. and found several young people apparently involved in a fight among rival street gangs. The first officer on the scene reportedly heard a gunshot and saw Nicholson with a weapon. Nicholson fled and the officer chased him on foot for about a block. Then, police claimed, the officer feared for his life and fired two shots. Police would not say why the officer was in fear for his life. Nicholson was pronounced dead at a hospital.
Unique ID: 5020
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