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Armed man fatally shot by police at Forest Park restaurant

FOREST PARK, IL (AP): Authorities are investigating the  death of a man who was shot by police  in Forest Park after he arrived at a restaurant  waving a gun and saying, “Please don’t make me do this now.” In a news release, the police department says officers were called to a Jimmy John’s restaurant shortly before 8 p.m. on Wednesday. Police say when the man stepped outside, a patrol officer and a sergeant fired their weapons at him.  Investigators have not determined if the man fired at police before he was shot.  The man whose name hasn’t been released was pronounced dead about a half hour later at a nearby hospital.