A Chicago police officer discharged his gun after a automobile concerned in an obvious smash and seize housebreaking bumped into him Thursday morning at a Northwest Aspect strip mall, resulting in a chase and a crash.
Nobody was shot or badly harm and the burglars bought away.
The incident unfolded round 4:25 a.m., as seventeenth District officers observed a number of armed people burglarizing a enterprise within the 2900 block of West Addison Avenue, Chicago police mentioned.
The burglars bought right into a white Chrysler sedan and a pink Jeep SUV and ran right into a responding officer as they fled, police mentioned. The officer was taken to an space hospital with non-life threatening accidents.
Because the officer was hit by the automobile, he fired his weapon, authorities mentioned. There have been no reviews of anybody being struck by gunfire.
Responding officers pursued the sedan and SUV, however ended the chase after they had been hit by one other automobile that was unrelated to the housebreaking, police mentioned. Nobody was injured within the crash.
The burglars weren’t in custody and the specifics of the incident had been being investigated by the Civilian Workplace of Police Accountability.
The officer or officers concerned can be positioned on routine administrative duties for at the least 30 days, officers mentioned.
Anybody with info on the incident ought to name COPA at 312-746-3609.
