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Charles Smith was fatally shot by Chicago police on January 31, 2016, during a home invasion in the Englewood neighborhood on the South Side. The incident happened about 4:40 a.m. when Smith, 29, and an alleged accomplice, Breanna Patterson, 20, broke into a home in the 7300 block of South Paulina. Responding Englewood District officers encountered an armed offender who opened fire; officers returned fire and Smith was pronounced dead inside the house. A weapon was recovered and no officers were injured.

Patterson was charged with first-degree murder and home invasion with discharge of a firearm and held on $1 million bond, with a court date set for February 22, 2016. The Independent Police Review Authority opened an investigation into the use of force. Friends of Smith, known locally as rapper FiF Money, said he was not violent and believed he was visiting someone in the neighborhood when the shooting occurred. The house was noted as the boyhood home of Derrick Rose.

Are there additional details about the shooting or investigation that anyone in Englewood can share?