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The agency investigated 2,367 complaints during the first three months of the year. Some aldermen wondered why the agency head couldn't say how many involved police shootings.
A police press release says Luis Colon was armed with a pistol and turned on officers trying to interview him. Some say the city is not doing enough to investigate police shootings.
The man was smoking a cigarette outside of a bar, in the 1900 block of West Howard, when he was approached by four men, one of whom began shooting. Police are investigating.
A series of shootings on the city's West and South Sides Monday night left three teenagers hospitalized with gunshot wounds, police say, including a 19-year-old listed in critical condition.