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… COPA is providing an update on a Chicago Police Department officer-involved shooting. Materials related to this incident will be posted to our website within 60 days.
Best-Edit Assistant
First Draft · 1,400 words
Editorial Analysis: Lede
Problem: Leads with the agency's action instead of the event. Officers shot a man inside a home on the South Side.
Rewrite: Chicago police officers shot a man who had just fired on a victim inside a home on the South Side…
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