Woman Shot By Police In Dragging Incident IDed As Homewood Teen

DOLTON, IL — A 19-year-old Homewood woman who died after a Dolton police officer shot at her and her car crashed into a nearby storefront has been identified.

Alexis Wilson, originally from the 1400 block of 187th Street, was pronounced dead at the scene on Tuesday, according to the medical examiner.

Authorities said Wilson dragged a police officer and struck another with her car at a restaurant drive-thru at around 1:17 a.m. Tuesday. Both officers were critically injured.

Dolton police responded to a call of a woman with a gun around 1 a.m. at Baba's Famous Steak & Lemonade restaurant on the corner of Oak and Sibley Boulevards, Dolton spokesman Sean Howard told reporters. Howard said Wilson was upset the restaurant was closed.

Officers ordered the woman, along with an unidentified man who was also inside the vehicle, to get out. Police said the man complied, but Wilson refused and sped off while one of the officers was trying to remove her from the car. Howard said the officer was hanging halfway out of the window of the moving car.

Officials said the other officer then fired three times into the car before the vehicle struck him, crashed into a squad car and continued moving one block before finally crashing into Compleat Cyclist bicycle shop on Sibley Boulevard.

The two officers were taken to a local hospital in critical condition, authorities said. The woman's cause of death has not been released.

Bodycam footage from the incident has been turned over to Illinois State Police who are investigating the officers' use of force.