3 Minors Arrested After Shots Fired At Chicago Cops In Lawndale: Police

CHICAGO, IL — Three minors were in custody in connection with shots fired at Chicago police officers Monday night on the Southwest Side, and charges against them were still pending Tuesday, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. No one was hurt in the shooting, which happened just after 8 p.m. Monday, June 5, in the 1300 block of South Troy Street, the report added.

According to police, the suspects were apprehended on Pulaski Road, near the Stevenson Expressway, following a chase that included the department's helicopter. Guns also were recovered at the scene, Chicago police spokesman said in an online update Monday night. (Get Patch real-time email alerts for the latest news for the South Side and Chicago — or other neighborhoods. And iPhone users: Check out Patch's new app.)

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The vehicle the minors were driving — a maroon Nissan Murano — also was connected to a carjacking Sunday night in Forest Park that led to a 42-mile, high-speed chase that went as far as the Indiana Skyway before finally ending in Chicago, authorities said. Forest Park police told Patch that two of the boys taken into custody were 17-years-old and the other was 12.

Patch Editor Jonah Meadows contributed to this report.

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