Crime & Safety
Chicago Police Officer, Suspect Shot In Englewood During Traffic Stop
Another Chicago police officer was shot during a traffic stop after an exchange of gunfire with a suspect, CPD Supt. David Brown said.
CHICAGO — A Chicago police officer was shot Sunday afternoon while conducting a traffic stop in Englewood, becoming the second officer shot this week in Chicago. The officer is said to be in serious but stable condition at University of Chicago Hospital. Two other officers were also transported to area hospitals for observation.
Just after 2 p.m., CPD Supt. David Brown said three officers were riding in an unmarked car, but dressed in full uniform. The officers were conducting a traffic stop when the driver pulled into a dead end alley.
The male suspect got out of the vehicle and began shooting at the officers, hitting an officer in the torso and arm, Brown said. Police returned fire and struck the driver several times, who was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in critical condition. The police superintendent did not know how many times the suspect was hit by gunfire.
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Brown said during a news conference that he spoke to the officer and his team members, who work in the 7th Chicago Police District, at the hospital.
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“His team members are all shook,” the police superintendent said during a news conference. “It’s the third time this week in Chicago officers have been shot, the second time a 7th District officer got shot in the last seven days.”
He added that the injured officer’s partners transported him to the hospital, as did the partner of a female officer who was shot in the same area conducting a traffic stop.
Brown would not address whether the Chicago Police Department planned to change its response to how traffic stops were conducted.
“We ask for the city to pray and support their officers, and now’s a good time to say thank you when you see an officer,” he said. “We need to encourage them in this very, very difficult and dangerous job rendering this city safe,”
“Offenders are brazenly shooting at and shooting Chicago police officers at a 500 percent increase,” Brown said.
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