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The Latest: Officer in fatal shooting placed on leave

CHICAGO (AP) - The Latest on the shooting of a security guard by a police officer (all times local):

5 p.m.

A suburban Chicago police chief says the white officer who fatally shot a black security guard outside a bar has been placed on administrative leave.

Midlothian Police Chief Dan Delaney said Tuesday the move is standard procedure following a police-involved shooting. Delaney says the officer will remain on leave until an investigation by outside agencies is complete.

The shooting happened early Sunday after officers from various police departments responded to a shots-fired call at Manny's Blue Room in Robbins.

When the Midlothian officer arrived, at least three people had been shot. Security guard Jemel Roberson was outside the bar holding one of the shooting suspects down when the officer shot him.

Investigators are trying to determine whether the officer knew Roberson was a security guard. Some witnesses have said he was wearing a hat emblazoned with the word "Security," and that people were shouting that Roberson was a security guard.

The officer's name hasn't been released.

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1:15 p.m.

An alderman in suburban Chicago is asking prosecutors to investigate the fatal shooting of a black security guard by a white police officer.

Witnesses say security guard Jemel Roberson was trying to subdue a suspect following a shooting early Sunday inside a bar where he worked in Robbins, just south of Chicago. He was shot by a responding officer.

Keith Price is an alderman in nearby Harvey. Price says he attended a vigil Monday and was concerned the shooting may have been racially motivated.

Price is asking the Cook County State's Attorney's Office to investigate whether any complaints have been filed that suggest the officer has a bias against black residents.

Investigators say Roberson was working security when people began shooting inside Manny's Blue Room. Witnesses allege the officer shot Roberson despite people shouting that he was a security guard.

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9:30 a.m.

A police chief says the officer from his department who fatally shot a black security guard over the weekend is white.

Midlothian Police Chief Dan Delaney released the information in an email Tuesday. No other details about the officer have been released, including his name.

The officer was working early Sunday when he and other officers from communities south of Chicago responded to a shots-fired call at Manny's Blue Room in Robbins. When the officer arrived, he shot 26-year-old Jemel Roberson. Roberson was an armed black security guard working at the bar.

A federal lawsuit filed by Roberson's mother Monday contends that Roberson was outside the bar detaining a person involved in the shooting when the officer shot him without provocation.

The shooting is being investigated by the Cook County Sheriff's Office and Illinois State Police. One of the men who authorities suspect fired shots inside the bar remains hospitalized with gunshot wound. Authorities say charges against that man are pending.

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8:35 a.m.

People gathered for a vigil outside the suburban Chicago bar where an armed black security guard was shot over the weekend by a police officer.

The (Tinley Park) Daily Southtown reports that at the vigil on Monday night people praised 26-year-old Jemel Roberson as a decent and religious man.

An alderman from a neighboring community called on the Cook County State's Attorney's office to investigate the shooting Sunday morning outside Manny's Blue Room in the community of Robbins. Illinois State Police and the sheriff's office are conducting an investigation.

Roberson's mother has filed a $1 million federal lawsuit against the Midlothian police officer who killed Roberson and the village where he works.

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12 a.m.

A lawyer says a police officer fatally shot an armed guard who was wearing a hat with "security" emblazoned across the front and holding a man down following a shooting inside a suburban Chicago bar.

Attorney Gregory Kulis represents the mother of 26-year-old Jemel Roberson. He filed a federal civil rights lawsuit seeking more than $1 million. He says Roberson worked at the bar and was dressed in black but wearing the "security" hat.

Kulis says Roberson was holding down another man outside Manny's Blue Room in Robbins when the officer arrived and shot him early Sunday. Roberson was pronounced dead after being taken to a hospital.

A Cook County sheriff's spokeswoman says four other people were shot and wounded.

Charges are pending against the man who investigators believe fired the initial shots during a dispute.

This photo provided by Avontea Boose shows her baby Tristan Roberson and the boy's father Jemel Roberson. A police officer fatally shot Jemel Roberson, an armed security guard who was wearing a hat with "security" emblazoned across the front and holding a man down following a shooting inside the suburban Chicago bar where the guard worked, an attorney for the guard's family said Monday, Nov. 12, 2018, after filing a federal lawsuit. (Avontea Boose via AP) The Associated Press
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