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Man faces assault charges in Chicago police station shooting

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CHICAGO (AP) — A man accused of walking into a Chicago police station and pointing a gun at officers, leading police to shoot and wound him, has appeared in court. The judge on Friday set 43-year-old Terrick Bland’s bond at $200,000. Bland, of Maywood, is charged with five counts of aggravated assault of a peace officer and one felony count of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. According to police, Bland walked into a police station on the city’s West Side on Wednesday and began shouting anti-police statements. When officers ordered him to drop a gun he had wrapped in a plastic bag, he pointed it them and and at least three of them opened fire.

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