An off-duty Robbins police officer shot and killed a man who tried to rob him Friday morning on the Far South Side, according to Chicago Police.
The off-duty officer was walking towards his parked vehicle in the 12300 block of South Wallace about 6:50 a.m. when he was confronted by an armed man who demanded his possessions, police said.
The officer pulled his firearm and shot 20-year-old Joshua D. Jones, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Jones, of the 12200 block of South Lowe, was pronounced dead at the scene at 7:02 a.m., according to the medical examiner’s office. An autopsy Saturday found he suffered a gunshot wound to the back, and his death was ruled a homicide.
A handgun was recovered at the scene, police said. The off-duty officer was not injured.
Area South detectives are investigating.
