No Charges Yet in Shooting That Injured Deerfield Teen

BUFFALO GROVE, IL - No have charges have been filed following a shooting that occurred between two vehicles along Deerfield Parkway in Buffalo Grove earlier this month, the Daily Herald reports. Police have not yet determined a motive behind the shooting that involved a Chicago Aviation officer and an 18-year-old Deerfield man. The incident left an 18-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the abdomen and the 31-year-old off-duty officer with injuries sustained when he was struck by a vehicle, police said.

The two vehicles were driving on Deerfield Parkway near Brandywyn Road at about 9:06 p.m. when the shooting occurred. The officer and teen then went to the Mobil Gas Station, 1251 N. McHenry Road in Buffalo Grove, where local officers found them, according to a news release from the Buffalo Grove Police Department. Buffalo Grove Police Department officers recovered two compressed air rifles and an air pistol from the teen's vehicle. They found a handgun in the off-duty officer's vehicle.

Both men were taken to area hospitals. The off-duty officer was treated and released. The 18-year-old man was admitted in stable condition and later released.

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Both vehicles had a passenger inside when the shooting occurred. Neither passenger was injured, according to the news release.

The names of both the Chicago Aviation officer and the teen are being withheld at this time, police said.

Buffalo Grove Deputy Police Chief Michael Szos told the Daily Herald detectives are still working to determine a motive but they do not believe the shootingis the result of road rage.

Meanwhile, the shooting is not the first time this year Chicago Aviation Police have made headlines for potential wrongdoing. On April 9, aviation officers were involved in forcibly removing a passenger from a flight at O'Hare International Airport.

Dr. David Dao, 69, was one of four people randomly chosen to be bumped April 9 from the Chicago-to-Louisville flight so that airline employees could fly. Dao was forcibly dragged down the plane's aisle by Chicago Aviation Police when he refused to give up his seat.

Dao hurt his mouth when his face hit an armrest after his flailing arms struck an officer holding him. Chicago aviation security officers claimed Dao "responded repeatedly in an aggressive manner" when he was asked to give up his seat.

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Video of Dao's dragging spread across social media and created a media storm of outrage directed at Chicago-based United and its handling of the situation.

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