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CINCINNATI -- A teen is dead after a shooting in Evanston and the man who pulled the trigger claims it was an act of self-defense, police said.
The shooting happened at about 11:30 p.m. Thursday at a home at in the 1500 block of Jonathan Avenue.
Police said a contractor claims he and a partner were working on a home when the shooting happened.
The man told officers that when his partner went to get some more tools, a stranger came up and tried to rob him at gunpoint. When the other contractor came back, shots were fired and the reported robber was dead, police said.
Police later identified the shooting victim as 16-year-old Christopher Terrell.
The contractor who killed Terrell has a concealed carry permit, investigators said.
No charges have been filed.
No other details have been released.