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In November 2019, Officer James Armstrong pursued a bank robbery suspect into a Chicago music school, where he discharged his firearm, mistakenly shooting 15-year-old Rylan Wilder, an innocent bystander. The city settled with Wilder for $1.9 million in 2023. ([abc7chicago.com](https://abc7chicago.com/des-plaines-police-rylan-wilder-irving-park-road-chicago-shooting/13938852/?utm_source=openai))
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