Chicago police ID suspect in shooting of officer in West Englewood; 2 at large

Police sources stated a 28-year-old man with a historical past of gun violence has been recognized as one of many suspects.

The seventh District feminine officer is in critical however secure situation on the College of Chicago Medical Middle after being shot throughout a visitors cease Wednesday.

The capturing felt hauntingly acquainted to Chicago police, occurring only a few blocks from the place police say two males shot and killed Officer Ella French, and severely injured her male accomplice, Carlos Yanez final summer time in a visitors cease.

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Chicago FOP president John Catanzara stated Yanez and the injured feminine officer spoke Thursday on Zoom from her hospital mattress.

“They has a pleasant heart-to-heart,” Catanzara. “I believe it is most likely a state of affairs that solely the 2 of them may even perceive. There is not too many officers who’ve been shot within the head and survived.”

CPD Supt. David Brown stated at about 5:42 p.m. Wednesday, two officers,who have been in uniform and driving a marked squad automotive, tried a visitors cease close to 61st and Paulina streets. The automotive they have been making an attempt to cease at first sped off, then got here again round and slowed down so they might pull up parallel to the officers’ automotive and opened fireplace, hanging the feminine officer, who was the motive force of the squad automotive.

“They by no means accomplished the visitors cease. They noticed the offenders do one thing at 61st Avenue and so they have been following them,” stated Ald. Ray Lopez (fifteenth), who represents the ward the place the capturing occurred and the place the wounded officer’s household lives.

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“Then, as they have been following them, the offender’s car turned, being virtually perpendicular to the cops’ automotive, after which began capturing,” he stated, citing info he acquired from high-ranking police.

The shot officer’s accomplice jumped into the motive force’s seat and rushed her to College of Chicago Hospital, Brown stated, the place she was final listed in critical however secure situation.

The injured officer’s accomplice was additionally checked out at Northwestern after which launched, with officers saying he was not injured in any method.

Chicago police stated 22 officers have been shot at to date this 12 months, and 4 have been hit.