CHICAGO - A 35-year-old man is facing multiple charges after he allegedly ran from two Chicago police officers while armed with a gun on the city’s South Side on Thursday, which led to him being shot and injured .

What we know:

McKale Mitchell, of Chicago Heights, was charged with two counts of aggravated assault of a peace officer, two counts of possession of a firearm by a repeat felony offender, and an ordinance violation, according to the Chicago Police Department.

Police identified Mitchell as the suspect who allegedly ran from police in the 0-100 block of West 111th Place in Roseland. The officers had tried to stop him in connection with a recent string of robberies.

Police said Mitchell allegedly had a handgun and the officers told him to drop the weapon, but he did not comp

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