Officers Injured, Suspect Dead (UPDATED)
- A Chicago police officer was struck by a vehicle this morning in the Washington Heights neighborhood on the city's South Side, officials said.
The incident happened shortly after midnight in an alley on the 9100 block of South Halsted Street, said Police News Affairs Officer Ron Gaines.
The officer was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, officials said. There was no immediate information available about the officer's condition or the circumstances of the incident.
Three Chicago Police officers were struck by a vehicle this morning during a chase that resulted in one suspect being shot dead at the scene in the Washington Heights neighborhood on the city's South Side.
Shortly after midnight, two officers were taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, said Police News Affairs Officer Ron Gaines. Information about the third officer was not immediately available.
Chicago Fire Department spokesman Quention Curtis said paramedics transported four people from the 9100 block of South Halsted Street to Christ Medical Center. One person was in serious-to-critical condition and three others were in fair-to-serious condition, he said. The officers' injuries were not life-threatening, Gaines said.
- Bradley added he was "shocked" by the gunfire. "This is relatively a quiet area," he said.
Labels: officer injured, shooting
posted by SCC at 1:19 AM
57 Comments:
Prayers for a full and speedy recover to the PO's..
Cicero PD
Remember everyone. A car is as deadly a weapon as there is. Someone behind the wheel of a car can take you completely out of this world much faster than you think you can jump out of the way. If they're in a car and the engine is running, they have a deadly weapon in their hands.
I'll never forget the one time I witnessed a car used as a weapon in a ghetto baby-mama drama, where baby-mama hopped in the civic and ran down baby-daddy. Baby daddy was a spry and nimble young lad in his early 20's who didn't stand a fucking chance once she closed the gap and got the front bumper pointed in his direction.
Running car + shithead = danger.
Relativly quite other than the, dope slinging, street whoring, and gang banging.
Thoughts and prayers that the officers make a complete recovery.
Be safe out there.
Reported on the news this AM one 32year-old baby daddy dead, one 19year-old baby momma hospitalized in the incident. Best wishes for the injured good guys.
It's a sad day/week/year/city when your first thought upon waking up is, "What madness and mayhem has befallen this hellified city overnight?", then hear that 3 officers have been hurt. I wish the officers a speedy recovery.
One bright spot/glimmer of hope -"Cop saves missing man from jumping into lake." Thank you Officer Salgado. Good looking out and being on point.
And THANK YOU to all the Officers of the Chicago Police Department who risk their lives day and night for this city and its law abiding citizens. You are appreciated.
GET WELL SOON OFFICERS!
Thank God the Officers/victims survived the attack and that OFFENDER/scumbag is dead-good riddance!
Officers- Speedy recovery and plenty of healing time-off wished for each one of the three of you!
ot: suntimes reports that the class of 125 recruits that will report 01 SEP will exhaust the 2006 list, which was the last exam the city gave. this means, no one is even in the pipeline to hire. way to look ahead city hall! wtf? give a test already!
A relative of the dirtbag says that they didnt have to shoot him in the street like a dog. Uh yes they did and thats exactly what he is...a dog!!!
awesome article
http://www.suntimes.com/news/steinberg/2626072,CST-NWS-stein23.article
And THANK YOU to all the Officers of the Chicago Police Department who risk their lives day and night for this city and its law abiding citizens. You are appreciated.
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Couldn't have said it any better. Be careful out there and know there are many law abiding citizens that appreciate what you do.
Get well soon Officers, good job.
I ask, where is the media, community and church ministers to support the Officers and back this department?
You want you neighborhoods and sidewalks safe again? LET US BE THE POLICE AND GET RID OF JODY WEISS
Get well soon Johnny B Good
Sgt. B
read the Tribune comments....makes you want to puke what some of these libtards say.
The south and west side wild Chicago street savage never lets us down, does it. Interesting how this repeated behavior is unique to certain parts of the city. But then again, this happens in Naperville, Burr Ridge, Hinsdale, and Downers Grove everyday too.
Cover your address with a word that says j-fed or fuck Jessie, the media won't put that on film
Speedy Recovery Officers!!
O/T: 4 suburban girls (Oak Lawn) were robbed in Mt. Greenwood Sat/Sun (alittle after midnight around 110 & Troy! Had just left a block party & heading to the car. A group of m/1's with a few m/1's came out of no-where & took their purses!!!
"And the refrain that is fast becoming the new big thing: 'Bradley added he was 'shocked' by the gunfire. 'This is relatively a quiet area,' he said."
It's astonishing how desperately people cling to articles of faith in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary. This is a mass breakdown of the ability to think, a maladaptive reaction on a large scale.
As reported here, the "youth" of the West Side are wandering North Michigan Avenue in groups of 200 now, and the place is still considered a "destination."
Downtown Johannesburg still looks OK from the air; get down there, and you'll see smoke from squatters' cook fires curling out of the smashed windows of what were once luxury office buildings...
Devolution.
Failed social experiment.
Good Luck Officers>>>
Full Recovery<<<<
We Need More Police>>>>
How Can We Support Lieutenjant John Andrews>>>
http://www.suntimes.com/news/steinberg/2626072,CST-NWS-stein23.article
He Told the Truth>>
We Need To Dump Daley, Weis & Comapny. So Register and Vote!
WGN had the family members cryin' out about how the dead man was trying to surrender after he rammed two squads.
Kudos to the officers for only removing the driver from this earth without severely hurting the passenger.
Don't forget about the Convicted Felon offender having 2 fireams in the car. Great job guys get well!!
And of course the A-hole bottom feeding media put people on tv say, "the police just gunned him down." and another outlet put the grandmother on that said, "the police didn't have to do that, and now I'm hurting." F-you grandma! The media is part of the reason society is crumbling. They protect the bad and go after the good.
Running car + shithead = danger.
8/23/2010 06:53:00 AM
Come on my brother, don't leave me hangin'....was that the end of her baby mama drama?
32 year old with a 19 year old....next on Jerry Springer
Get well to the officers. Everyone, please try to be safe out there.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Remember everyone. A car is as deadly a weapon as there is. Someone behind the wheel of a car can take you completely out of this world much faster than you think you can jump out of the way. If they're in a car and the engine is running, they have a deadly weapon in their hands.
I'll never forget the one time I witnessed a car used as a weapon in a ghetto baby-mama drama, where baby-mama hopped in the civic and ran down baby-daddy. Baby daddy was a spry and nimble young lad in his early 20's who didn't stand a fucking chance once she closed the gap and got the front bumper pointed in his direction.
Running car + shithead = danger.
8/23/2010 06:53:00 AM
Very good point office! That is why on every fucking traffic stop, I have my gun out/unholstered as I approach the vehicle.
Get well soon brothers. My prayers are with you.
Off point but........
What is the budgeted and current firefighter status for the Chicago Fire Dept.? Is it as out of balance as CPD?
never bring your ride to a gun fight.
32 year old with a 19 year old....next on Jerry Springer
8/23/2010 04:36:00 PM
Try fifteen years old. That shit happens all the time.
The new root cause of crime- the ability to get away with it. In this case, it failed.
"Quiet area"
Bullshit.
Anonymous said...
Speedy Recovery Officers!!
O/T: 4 suburban girls (Oak Lawn) were robbed in Mt. Greenwood Sat/Sun (alittle after midnight around 110 & Troy! Had just left a block party & heading to the car. A group of m/1's with a few m/1's came out of no-where & took their purses!!!
8/23/2010 01:57:00 PM
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The story given by the girls is a bit dubious. They were highly intoxicated, and their story alternated between getting knocked to the ground to getting a gun stuck in their faces. That's a big difference, even for a drunk. Word is that a family situation may have caused one of them to make a story up, and the others played along.
While some discouraging stuff has been going on in Mt Greenwood recently, dont give this one a lot of credence.
hey SCC - compile a list of exempts outlining their misdeeds or the misdeeds of their familial connections...Aunt Bea, Carothers, Earnie B etc. The news is starting to pickup on this stuff - lets give to them. Lets show Chicago who runs the day-to-day police department...criminals!
Anonymous said...
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Remember everyone. A car is as deadly a weapon as there is. Someone behind the wheel of a car can take you completely out of this world much faster than you think you can jump out of the way. If they're in a car and the engine is running, they have a deadly weapon in their hands.
I'll never forget the one time I witnessed a car used as a weapon in a ghetto baby-mama drama, where baby-mama hopped in the civic and ran down baby-daddy. Baby daddy was a spry and nimble young lad in his early 20's who didn't stand a fucking chance once she closed the gap and got the front bumper pointed in his direction.
Running car + shithead = danger.
8/23/2010 06:53:00 AM
Very good point office! That is why on every fucking traffic stop, I have my gun out/unholstered as I approach the vehicle.
8/23/2010 05:29:00 PM
What's a traffic stop?
Seriously, considering all the shit that can go down, maimed, killed, sued, it just doesn't make sense to do traffic stops, not like we did them years ago. I get movers from traffic crashes and the very rare stop.
No more putting my neck on the line for this department, no way no how.
The only worthwhile thing left to do which would put me in danger is to back up a PO in need of help. That is it.
Thanks to jodypweis and richardmdaley.
a shrubbery said...
WGN had the family members cryin' out about how the dead man was trying to surrender after he rammed two squads.
Kudos to the officers for only removing the driver from this earth without severely hurting the passenger.
8/23/2010 02:41:00 PM
An alleged family member was on ABC moaning that the poleese shun't 'uv shot him down like a dawg.
26 years ago my FTO warned me that when I go to a police shooting to watch out for the inevitible shithead who crawls out from his/her rock to proclaim they saw the whole thing and the poleese kilt that man/woman/beast in cold blood.
And sure enough, in no time I responded to a police shooting on 1st watch and there he was shouting "I seen the whole thing and the poleese shot her down in cold blood"
Six independent witnesses contradicted him and he refused to give a name or go on paper.
Every damn thing the old timers told me would happen did happen, just like they said, like they had been there before or something.
Youngsters, pay attention to those old timers, they have seen all this shit many times over many years.
O/T: Oak Lawn girls robbed in Mt. Greenwood.....meant to say group of M/1's & a few M/2's!!!!
Anonymous said...
A relative of the dirtbag says that they didnt have to shoot him in the street like a dog. Uh yes they did and thats exactly what he is...a dog!!!
8/23/2010 10:23:00 AM
That is the most offensive comment I have read in a long time---you should be ashamed of yourself for that display of complete and total insensitivity.
No need to insult canines like that.
Just saw the TV coverage on this -- good God. This was an A-number-one bug-eyed, wild-ass street bonobo, a danger to the life, health, and welfare of society as a whole -- a violent felon and crazed burglar on parole trying to drive his burning car over policemen.
If anyone ever needed killing, it was this animal. Good shooting and good riddance.
To the sudden "family and friends" -- shut up, and please go drown yourselves or something. Doesn't fall far from the tree, huh?
"Remember everyone. A car is as deadly a weapon as there is. Someone behind the wheel of a car can take you completely out of this world much faster than you think you can jump out of the way...."
--8/23/2010 06:53:00 AM
The avenues of escape I keep in mind (any plan is better than none at all) are A. jump up/roll onto another parked car rather than get smashed against it like a bug, or B. run up onto a nice solid poured-concrete bungalow front steps to get above the level of that lethal bumper.
Variations will present themselves as you look around. Look for those narrow gangways between brick buildings. Can't follow you in there. You might be able to dive through a basement window and get below that level and behind a wall to boot.
It's all a case of "hurt versus really hurt."
It ain't much, but you gotta try.
"One bright spot/glimmer of hope -'Cop saves missing man from jumping into lake.' Thank you Officer Salgado. Good looking out and being on point."
--8/23/2010 07:45:00 AM
Saw Ofc. Salgado on TV tonight; he said the poor, confused old guy was making simple gestures indicating that he just wanted to wash his face in the water. That's fine, but this water's kind of a long way down...
God bless the both of them.
Chicago Police Lieutenant Writes Blog Critical of Police Department, Jody Weis
Updated: Monday, 23 Aug 2010, 9:16 PM CDT
Published : Monday, 23 Aug 2010, 8:48 PM CDT
By Craig Wall, FOX Chicago News
Chicago - Chicago Police Superintendent Jody Weis is facing questions about a very critical blog written by a police lieutenant.
The author, John Andrews, is now under investigation by internal affairs, and knows he very well could lose his job for publicly criticizing those running the department. He minces no words in his blog or in his defense of it.
"We have lost control of maintaining social order in many parts of Chicago, we are undermanned, we're wore out, staffing is at dangerous levels, leadership is absent and some of those who claim to be our leaders are incompetent," Andrews said.
Other cops have criticized the department before, but Andrews is a hero of sorts to some rank-and-file because he signed his name.
He said he felt compelled to write the blog after the murder of the third chicago police officer in recent months.
The superintendent was not happy.
"I think leaders in today's times should look to inspire, motivate and look for solutions to challenges," said Weis. "I don't think leaders should throw rocks at their respective agencies, at those who are actually trying to adress the challenges."
Now that he's spoken up, Andrews refuses to be quiet.
"I looked at everything that was going on and I said, 'We need change,'" Andrews said. "And I decided if no one else was gonna step up and say what really needed to be said, to sound the warning bells to the citizens of Chicago, I gotta do it."
What's a traffic stop?
Seriously, considering all the shit that can go down, maimed, killed, sued, it just doesn't make sense to do traffic stops, not like we did them years ago. I get movers from traffic crashes and the very rare stop.
No more putting my neck on the line for this department, no way no how.
The only worthwhile thing left to do which would put me in danger is to back up a PO in need of help. That is it.
Thanks to jodypweis and richardmdaley.
8/23/2010 08:08:00 PM
How about putting your neck on the line for our families that are forced to live in this shithole city?
Thank you, thank you, to the men and women police officers of the Chicago Police Department!!
My buttons are bustin' with pride when I read of the hard-hitting police work you do daily. You are our boots on the ground, and you stand between us and the vermin out there, and I thank you for keeping us safe.
What goes around, comes around, I always say, and the dictatorship that is Daley will come to an end. Don't know when, but the socialist Daley will be brought down, as will the socialist obama. Evil will not endure when good men and women stand up and fight to stop it.
God bless the Chicago Police Officers, and God bless America.
A Seasoned Citizen
NICE POST 8:15 P.M. TO THE YOUNG GUYS & GIRLS... LISTEN!!!!!!!!!!!
Good work to the Officers who addressed the attempted murder by automobile.
A little off topic...
I attended a townhall meeting this evening which Congressman Danny K. Davis held at the Loyola Law School at 25 E. Pearson.
He spoke in platitudes; stated he was a progressive and said he was inclined to be a Socialist. He added he's been elected to public office for 30 years.
He went on to say he believed in gun control and commented that he ventured to guess, so too do many in the room. At that point, I had call out and tell him he was wrong. I couldn't let him get off with that. I stated guns and spray paint have been outlawed for 25 years in Chicago and, for the most part, the only people who have guns and spray paint are the criminals. He continued if there was a national ban things would be different. I called out and reminded him that we once had prohibition and that didn't stop people from getting the booze they wanted.
Surprisingly, a majority of the room stood up for our 2 Amendment Rights.
Questions on creating jobs and addressing illegal aliens received no direct response where he would outline specific actions that should be taken. He stated he believes in health care for everyone and comprehensive immigration reform (whatever comprehensive immigration reform means. Probably citizenship for 15-20 million illegals).
About 10-15 percent of those in attendance left early, either from being bored or tired (about that many in attendance were elderly).
Surprisingly or perhaps not, there were no media cameras there just a guy in Davis' staff taking pictures of those in the audience that made comments or asked questions.
I say this because this man is dangerous. And, I can see how you in law enforcement feel it's you against them.
He represents a very large district. He himself admitted his thinking and "Progressives" like him ( his own term which got applause by about 20 percent in attemdance) are not the same as many other parts of the country ( presumably those of us who cling to our guns and consitutional rights).
Unlike Durbin, he had a Townhall meeting and I'll give him credit for that. It is my sincere hope he is sent packing in the next election.
If he and people like him who have never known anyting but sucking from the government teat for most of there lives don't get turned out of office, America as we knew it: a land of legal immigrants assimilating as Americans and working hard actually making things will be finished for good.
If he's your congresman make it your business to see him at a Townhall meeting in your area and let him know we are all not drinking the kool-aid of Americas future being in "a green" economy.
Buck Naked
(not a cop)
Nurses found Cannabis and PCP on the female ARRESTEE.
Shit-head that is dead has a previous PCP arrest. Me thinks he might have been on PCP? Would like to see if they did(do) a toxicology on him. Also, considering the amount of DUI's this guy has (over 3) he was probably also a DUI.
Kudos goes out to RJ and DM on GEU. Also, great job again by the A/2 Midnight Tact guys. You guys bring in great pinches.
The three young women who were "robbed" had put their purses on the ground to supposedly break up a fight. They were too drunk to do much so not sure how they were going to do that. The purses were then scooped up. Also had lots of cash supposedly in those purses.
The Halsted thing was handled very well by the PO's. Great back up was critical. However the idiots who felt the need to trample all over the crime scene, yes you dets who were NO part of the investigation, were an embarassment and frustration. The high ranking dopes on scene were too busy scratching their heads and their balls to take control of the situation. Really when you are wearing a gold star you should understand the basics of crime scene protection.
we need MORE Police, NOW, and hire back retired CPD to do all the inside jobs. Get the troops on the streets, not behind desks.
"Nurses found Cannabis and PCP on the female ARRESTEE.
S__t-head that is dead has a previous PCP arrest. Me thinks he might have been on PCP? Would like to see if they did(do) a toxicology on him. Also, considering the amount of DUI's this guy has (over 3) he was probably also a DUI."
--8/23/2010 11:57:00 PM
Oh, man. PCP is the worst drug in the world. It accounts for the photos of standard handcuffs that the suspect tore off with his teeth that you see in police textbooks. All twisted up, with bite marks in the steel. Unbelievable.
Scene from the Kenmore-Winthrop corridor; I heard a rattle, and the whizzing sound of rubber on pavement, and then there came flying out of the dark an M/1, about 20, on a bicycle, eyes all bugged out, open shirt flying straight out behind him, standing up and pedaling with all his might as though the very Devil was after him.
"I'M F___ED UP! I'M F___ED UP!" he bellowed, in an absolute panic. He disappeared around the corner. I waited for that awful "thud" of a car hitting someone, but nothing.
You get the idea.
Give this stuff to a giant, mindless five-year-old who, to start with, is living inside a music video of bikini-clad girls throwing $100 bills from helicopters as people shoot AK-47s, and this is the result.
Yeah, a tox screen should definitely be done; with the long history of this stuff, the presence of PCP would make this a "double-extra-special unavoidable shooting by police, with extra whipped cream."
"America as we knew it: a land of legal immigrants assimilating as Americans and working hard actually making things will be finished for good."
--8/23/2010 11:23:00 PM
Yes -- and this whole "immigrants" thing is Hollywood-overblown in the first place, repeated and repeated and repeated until people take it as gospel. "The Melting Pot" is just the title of a play written by one Israel Zangwill back around 1906 or so, not part of the Constitution or something.
In any case, it's becoming unsustainable with the explosive growth in world population. Everyone on the planet can't crowd in here to cut grass, gather scrap metal, and make babies while Uncle Sugar provides unlimited "benefits" so they can send cash home.
There are already twice as many people in this country as there were when I was born, and at the same time there is no longer anything for them to make -- most manufacturing is gone, and "consumer spending" now accounts for 90% of economic activity -- and it's tanking.
I see "immigrants" trying to sell their construction tools with the end of the condo boom -- four illegal Polish families in one little house the other day, every woman with an infant in her arms, and not finding many takers for the hammers and worn-out tile saws. Mexican and Irish, the same scene. Last in, first out...
Today's headline --
Home sales plunge 27 percent to lowest in 15 years
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/
20100824/ap_on_bi_ge/us_home_sales
There is no such thing as a "service economy." It has never existed anywhere.
This is a global convulsion triggered by financial speculation; a friend in England reports that Polish workers there are going back home too -- pushing past a wave of non-workers coming the other way, drawn in by government giveaways and "asylum."
He also says that the small businesses in the old city centers are being killed the same way ours are, by the megastores and by savage traffic enforcement patrols ticketing and booting (they call it "clamping") anyone foolish enough to stop in town and try to spend money.
Roosevelt Road at Home Avenue the other day -- on the Berwyn side, about six vacant, failed small businesses in less than a block. "FOR LEASE." Overlay this scene anywhere...
Remember last year, when brokerage Goldman Sachs was asking its employees to "be discreet" in spending their huge Christmas bonuses?
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As the small banks fail (like Shore Bank here just last week) these big fish are forming "consortiums" to snap them up -- at taxpayer expense, of course. It's called "consolidating your position" -- and it's a wet dream for Ali Baba And The Forty Thieves.
Failed social experiment -- except for those who are lining their pockets in the chaos.
This will likely sound totally different in court as shithead's family sues for the loss of their "loved one." It will be turned from a PCP crazed animal to a frightened black man trying not to get killed by rogue cops.
What is charge for attempted murder of police officer(s) by auto? I hope it carries same weight/sentencing as any other attempted murder charge.
a citizen, thanks.
8/24/2010 03:12:00 PM
worth the long read. fxxx the melting pot. somebody needs to say it since Lou Dobbs got canned. fxxx the romance of the melting pot. the melting pot did us in this go-round. ain't what it used to be and never will be. Outdated romantic principle welcoming foreigners (i.e. cheap labor) based on modernization/industrialization needs which no longer exist in this country. and never will again.
RIP melting pot- dead and buried, since 9/11. would rather be isolationist, working for internal survival, rather than see my birthright creamed into oblivion like so much roadkill by NAFTA and ignorant political correctness aka communism.
Nice shooting Officer S.A.
Go home to your family, like you should!
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