Knife Wielding Assailant Shot
He might still make it:
A Chicago police sergeant shot a man wielding a knife at the intersection of LaSalle and Monroe streets about 1:50 a.m. Saturday, police said.
The man was driving a black Maxima that rear-ended a silver car as they headed southbound down LaSalle, Chicago Police News Affairs [...] said.
The man got out of the car and tried to attack the driver of the other car. A private security officer stopped to check on the car accident, [...], and the man stabbed her. She was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
The sergeant who responded to the scene told the man to drop the knife and he didn't, [...]. He was taken to an area hospital but his condition wasn't available.
Labels: shooting
posted by SCC at 7:01 AM
83 Comments:
Perhaps Peter Nickeas has Family that were the Police and, if so, would explain the straight forward factual reporting sans the usual bias. A breath of fresh air but there will be pressure applied from on high to edit his reporting style.
20 shot last night. CAN I GET ANOTHER EVENT NUMBER?
Good job Sarge , we're glad you're safe . That's all that counts.
Too bad he didn't double tap.
I've come across Pete at a few crime scenes and he seems like a decent guy. He has a job to do just like us but he doesn't get in the way nor does he try to do anything that would in any way impede or effect the investigation in a negative way. He is very respectful even though police officers have been quite rude to him on occasion.
2 dead, 18 wounded in overnight shootings across city
8:36 a.m. CDT, August 18, 2012
"Twenty people were shot, two fatally, across the city Friday night and Saturday morning..."
"The weekend's violence started about 6:20 p.m. Friday when two men sitting in the back seat of an Oldsmobile were shot in the 500 block of South Kilpatrick Avenue in the West Garfield Park neighborhood by someone who walked up to the vehicle..."
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-shooting-gun-violence-chicago-august-17-august-18-2012-south-side-west-side-20120817,0,2092902.story
It's New Strategy Time again!
CITY UP FOR GRABS.... police shooting in 1, and at least 2 dead and 17 shot fri evening.... have fun at the air and water show, it should be a wilding time
OT --
Interesting figures on urban traffic accidents --
"In the last quarter of 2011, bicyclists in New York City killed no pedestrians and injured 26. During the same period, drivers killed 43 pedestrians and injured 3,607." -- NY Times
...filling automobiles with expensive gasoline and driving around the financial district at 2 AM, smashing into things and stabbing people.
The Mayor has to see to it that "underprivilged youths experience nature at Northerly Island campsites."
The Mayor has to see to it that busloads of vegetables are driven into what is called a "food desert."
Leaves time for the strong young men of the "community" to cruise the night-life strip in chauffeured stretch limousines, leaping out and assaulting people.
Leaves time for groups to travel all the way out to Foster and River Road, robbing victims and crashing through the underbrush.
We got a weird definition of "poverty," huh?
Good job sgt. Too bad the asshole wasn't killed. It pretty much disgusts me when a piece of shit attempts to kill someone and then he is shot but he will still live. It's still a good shooting though.
Thank this knife wielding assshole for helping to make the case for concealed carry in Illinois. I keep getting the urge to leave this lousy state.
Boo say tonight Saturday. Be lot a shootin tonite mothafuckas. I b out wif mines 9 kno wha i sayin bitch
Oh to be young, stupid and ugly like Boo. HUH. Who me
Sgt is a real hero!
Knife to a gun fight... Probably the smartest M F on his block.
Good shoot Sgt, you'll be getting a Donut/coffee gift card in the police mail from me Monday.
A Fan
Great job, keep up the good work, real crime fighter!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Why is this Sgt not a Tac Sgt, this is the kind of Sgt I want to work for.
Sergeant should be rewarded with being put into a Unit, and make one of them do nothing Unit Seggeant's go into a District :)
Leading by example. Good job. Glad all involved made it home safe.
An on-duty police sergeant arrived on the scene and told the driver to drop the knife, police said, but the driver refused and came towards the sergeant, who shot the person.
What's with the Police said, he stabbed a security guard.
Super Sgt did it in the loop where things have been going to shit.
OT but can you tell me......
Who is the mature female (I believe) dispatcher with the gruff, ruff voice, sarcastic, who was shouting, yelling early this AM to a cop that he couldn't have a personal, that he didn't code his last call, and where the heck was he, etc. This dispatcher is always rude, has attitude and is always negative and abrupt. I know tensions and stress are high..and you know who is to blame for your grief/frustration, but this dispatcher needs to dial it back...who IS her chinaman?
Thank you men and women of the Chicago Police Dept...listen to you every day...proud of the work you do under such stress and danger. God bless.
ot - A few years ago a sergeant gets dumped from narcotics then files a lawsuit for never receiving overtime when answering the blackberry off duty. City and arbitrator discussing settelment amount of comp time to be given to EVERYONE (non exempt) that has had a blackberry. Started out at 50 hours per month, city says too much. To be continued...
To bad the bad guy wasn't run over. This man is a real criminal and a knife weilding psycho. Who hurt several people. The news reports said four people went to the hospital in critical condition. The sergeant undoubtedly is the working police and a real HERO!
Kudos to the sergeant and the 001 district!
OLD RETIRED GUY 9161
I'm said to see citizens of chicago being victimized by a mental. Guy its only a traffic crash, get a grip. No need to stab and slash. We need more police and you can see what one working police officer / sgt can do.
Can I say the Police saved the day!
This sounds like a scene right out of a horror flick.
Whay to go SUPER-SGT!!!!!
I would hate to be the paper car on this one. Or the Sgt, talk about a paper nightmare, no one getting off on time I'm sure.
4 people went to the hospital, vehicel crash, weapons discharge, inventoring evidence, notifications, charging offender and of course writting the offender some movers...
I hope all the victims have a speedy recovery and show up to court and put this guy behind bars for a long, long time. Thats if the hospital can patch him up.
This is why the Chicago Police Department needs big caliber handguns. The ammunition supplied by the department is junk. Get better ammo guys. Sometimes you don't get a second chance at shooting.
I wish all the victims a speedy recovery and awesome job sgt.
DOIWNTOWN is out of control. Great job to the sgt in 001.
018 District, 1st Watch
this could have been a lot worse. The Sgt restored peace. This is what they say when they one person can make a difference.
Keep up the good job.
The department should have a press conference when we do a good job. Not just when some bad apples screw up. This Sgt is a hero and did a great job. Every day things like this get unrecognized.
To the Sgt you are my hero.
Good shooting !
Criminals beware, bad @$$ Sgt working!!!!!!!!!!!!
Happy it worked out for the workers and hope for a quick and speedy recovery for all the injured victims.
Rahm-a-don ends on Sunday doesn't it?
Well done.
The offender said at the hospital he shouldn't have waited one more day to turn his life around. He just wanted one more day of mayhem.
You go Sgt!
the good sgt showed a lot of restraint before administering the lead aspirin to the assailant who menaced the sgt with a knife and had already showed a propensity for violence by slashing another victim--- the sgt protected her own life and her family's well being by defending herself in the face of a deadly situation--- enjoy your 3 days off and remember, we all go home the same way we came into the station at the start of our tour of duty....
When I first began ER nursing, two things surprised and troubled me: 1) how often people survived being shot and stabbed (most of the time), and 2) the way some patients were both (so-called) victims and criminals simultaneously.
The sheer volume of stupid and violent activities in some neighborhoods virtually guarantees that the residents who attract and require the most CPD and CFD attention are rarely 100% "innocent" and law-abiding. And the saying goes, "the enemy of my enemy is my friend." So what does it mean when the cops are the enemy?
It means known local criminals are trusted more than paramedics and cops. It leads residents to view most EMS or CPD response as biased interlopers who mean them harm. Which just further protects the criminal elements.
More reporters should hang out in ERs for hours or days at a time, and observe how ERs and CPD interface. It's the only way they will observe first hand the very blurry line between "crime victim" and "criminal."
It never occurs to anyone (least of all reporters) to ask, what was the so-called victim doing that attracted police attention in the FIRST place? I know, because I was that way too. But after a couple years of inner-city ER nursing, I learned to ask that question. After five years of inner-city ER nursing, I have concluded that there is no fixing or curing the violence in such communities. There is only containing it.
What people don't realize unless they are paramedics or cops or ER nurses is that the vast majority of this violence in "bad neighborhoods" is perpetrated on the local residents of those same neighborhoods. As terrible (for tourism) as high-visibility attacks on the Gold Coast are, they are a. drop. in. the. OCEAN of violence that occurs in the criminals' home neighborhoods, perpetrated on their friends and neighbors.
I have lost track of how many elderly black men I've taken care of who were battered and robbed by young black men mere blocks from their own homes. It is that frequent. And even housebound hermits aren't safe.
There has been only one real clue as to how deeply criminal activity permeates "normal life" in inner-city communities. University of Chicago researchers traced the rising incidence of severe community-acquired MRSA infections (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, a severe staph infection) they were seeing in very young children with no other risk factors, some who died. Children's Memorial, on the north side, was not seeing this in their young patients.
Tracking the infections led to a common vector: Cook County Jail.
Most infected patients had a first degree male relative who had been in Cook County Jail.
(http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/releasing-the-disease/Content?oid=926087 , http://mrsa-research-center.bsd.uchicago.edu/JAMA_02_25_1998_issue.pdf )
Reporters impose their white, middle class 'question authority' viewpoints -- derived from MUCH more structured, privileged, safe, non-violent backgrounds and communities -- on violent and chaotic communities they would never live in themselves (and couldn't survive unscathed if forced to).
Such reportage can never be unbiased. It is already inherently biased. The reporters -- and, sadly, the vast majority of readers -- don't know even know how biased the "CPD shooting victim" stories are.
How often is it ever reported that a "CPD shooting victim" had NO criminal record? That would be front page, headline news if it were discovered by some intrepid reporter. So why do we never hear this? Is it because the reporters don't investigate that deeply? Or is it because they do and they can't find any truly "innocent" CPD shooting "victims"?
Sergeants Rock!
OT --
Interesting figures on urban traffic accidents --
"In the last quarter of 2011, bicyclists in New York City killed no pedestrians and injured 26. During the same period, drivers killed 43 pedestrians and injured 3,607." -- NY Times
8/18/2012 12:12:00 PM
how high is your tolerance for boredom?
It pretty much disgusts me when a piece of shit attempts to kill someone and then he is shot but he will still live. It's still a good shooting though.
8/18/2012 12:54:00 PM
you get used to it.
Chalkie
Who is the mature female (I believe) dispatcher with the gruff, ruff voice, sarcastic, who was shouting, yelling early this AM to a cop that he couldn't have a personal, that he didn't code his last call, and where the heck was he, etc. This dispatcher is always rude, has attitude and is always negative and abrupt. I know tensions and stress are high..and you know who is to blame for your grief/frustration, but this dispatcher needs to dial it back...who IS her chinaman?
8/18/2012 02:26:00 PM
Come on! Show a little backbone, will ya!
I would hate to be the paper car on this one. Or the Sgt, talk about a paper nightmare, no one getting off on time I'm sure.
4 people went to the hospital, vehicel crash, weapons discharge, inventoring evidence, notifications, charging offender and of course writting the offender some movers...
................this is every week in ghetto districts!
Take the 3 days Sgt and get some well deserved rest.
Are you saying we can still shoot people?
I use the clip on my semi auto to hold my vitamins.
This is why the Chicago Police Department needs big caliber handguns. The ammunition supplied by the department is junk. Get better ammo guys. Sometimes you don't get a second chance at shooting.
I wish all the victims a speedy recovery and awesome job sgt.
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How about hitting what you aim at, on the first shot?! Department ammo is good. " I carry a 45 cause they don't carry a 46...!" 9mm is better than 40 and 45. I e seen ballistic gel tests with our duty ammo. It's good! Bet the sgt had duty ammo too. Too bad the carbine program was just shot down for the new taser.
Since 1800 hrs Friday to 1800 hrs Sat about 4 killed and 23 shot. Nice job Gmac! Your strategies are working. Without them we may have doubled that number. Have you figured out yet that no comp time and the OT initiative are beating the bluesuits to the ground?
The public tells what happened on CLTV NEWS, Police Sgt a hero!
http://www.cltv.com/news/wgntv-officer-shoots-knifewielding-man-20120818,0,7824242.story
Things could have really went wrong if the Sergeant didn't stop this crazy man. Stabbing people after a traffic crash. He might have crashed trying to kill himself, I'm sure Det's looking into this crazy guys life.
To that wounderful female Sgt. this goes out to you.
FOO FIGHTERS; HERO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLqiMxBROFk
H H HOLMES said...
Knife to a gun fight... Probably the smartest M F on his block.
Good shoot Sgt, you'll be getting a Donut/coffee gift card in the police mail from me Monday.
A Fan
8/18/2012 02:02:00 PM
This could have been the video from what happened down town chicago.........
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6gcFPjdwiI
Can't read crazy.............
Anonymous said...
The department should have a press conference when we do a good job. Not just when some bad apples screw up. This Sgt is a hero and did a great job. Every day things like this get unrecognized.
To the Sgt you are my hero.
8/18/2012 03:47:00 PM
I totaly agree;
The hero is the world-lady, in whose heart One passion stands for all, the most indulged.
Sgt D. Mc. you are a super hero, stopping a spuer criminal who intended on hurting as many of chicago's citizen as he came upon.
Great job!
District 001, 3rd Watch
It is not enough to do your best, you must know what to do, and this sgt did it.
Glad no police got hurt and gods speed for all the victims hurt. Lets sue the hell out of this jurk, for police man-power and injuries to the public.
I guess I can still dream.
WOW downtown getting hit by the night-stalker, Sgt is only one up and clear. We need more police baddly.
Good police work, Way to go -
Depending on the Sgt's distance from offender, lucky or skillful out come.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGzeyO3pGzw
The Sgt is eather really good or really lucky. Happy it all worked out for the Sgt.
This is why we should be taking out shotguns.
The Sgt is the Loop knife slayer! That will teach him to mess around downtown!
F.Y.I. The Sgt. was the best marksman in her academy training class. Good shooting!
Anonymous said...
Perhaps Peter Nickeas has Family that were the Police and, if so, would explain the straight forward factual reporting sans the usual bias. A breath of fresh air but there will be pressure applied from on high to edit his reporting style.
8/18/2012 08:42:00 AM
He doesn't have CPD or cop family origins at all. he's young. inexperienced. he does show a tendency toward reporting the facts, however, the system he works within works against this. such as WGN tagging the famous video to his original report of cop kills attacker.
Ive asked before: is Peter Nickeas related to Nick Nickeas, former CPD and partner if Dennis Farina? I think he writes in a "just the facts" manner that says he isn't anti-police. BTW, editors writer headlines, not reporters.
To 8-18 6:02PM....
WHAT does your answer have to do with MY question, as a citizen? It's an internal issue, I will agree, and "weakness" has nothing to do with it, except as it applies to your response to my question.
One person made a world of a difference in stopping slasher.
All my best to the Sgt.
Let's just approve .44 magnums !
I hear there is coming an Anti Knife Wielding Assailant Initiative on the way soon. Just as soon as the uniform makers take delivery of a new shipment of crown caps and 80/20 pants. I also hear the next shipment of 80/20 pants will be available in even sizes from 32-36 only and hat sizes no larger than 6 1/2.
05:28
Well written and insightful, SCC should make your thread a topic.
Anonymous said...
OT but can you tell me......
Who is the mature female (I believe) dispatcher with the gruff, ruff voice, sarcastic, who was shouting, yelling early this AM to a cop that he couldn't have a personal, that he didn't code his last call, and where the heck was he, etc. This dispatcher is always rude, has attitude and is always negative and abrupt. I know tensions and stress are high..and you know who is to blame for your grief/frustration, but this dispatcher needs to dial it back...who IS her chinaman?
Thank you men and women of the Chicago Police Dept...listen to you every day...proud of the work you do under such stress and danger. God bless.
8/18/2012 02:26:00 PM
She's my husband and she will kick your ass!
Kudos to the Sarge. No cops were hurt dealing with
that apparently drunken whackjob.
To 8-18 6:02PM....
WHAT does your answer have to do with MY question, as a citizen? It's an internal issue, I will agree, and "weakness" has nothing to do with it, except as it applies to your response to my question.
8/19/2012 12:29:00 AM
WHAT the fuck are YOU talking about? YOUR weakness is an inability "to copy and paste" and ask coherent questions?
Watching the news this am six people dead and 16 shot.Now Mcgreat was on WTTW telling how his compstat is working so good.Great job keep up the good work.
8/18/2012 05:28:00 PM
SCC, is there a way to print this nurse's post? My wife has been a nurse for 30 years, never worked the ER and just doesn't get it. I retired last year but quit trying to talk to her about my work day over 20 years ago. I always felt that ER nurses understood more because they had to deal with the same people we did. Said to say that nowadays it seems the police get very little cooperation or respect from ER staff compared to when I came on the job. I base my opinion on working patrol my entire career and being in ERs almost every day, at least several times per week.
There was also a police shooting in 010 and no crime lab working the whole nite....business as usual.
To 8-18 6:02PM....
WHAT does your answer have to do with MY question, as a citizen? It's an internal issue, I will agree, and "weakness" has nothing to do with it, except as it applies to your response to my question.
8/19/2012 12:29:00 AM
actually, you posed 2 questions, to wit:
"Who is the mature female (I believe) dispatcher..."
and
"....who IS her chinaman?"
so, citizen, who wants to know?
and why?
How can I send her a little gift card for coffee or something?
Can anyone tell me?
-citz
Anonymous said...
The public tells what happened on CLTV NEWS, Police Sgt a hero!
http://www.cltv.com/news/wgntv-officer-shoots-knifewielding-man-20120818,0,7824242.story
8/18/2012 09:05:00 PM
I love this citizen telling it like it really happened. as a citizen, I'm so tired of the news giving air time to relatives and friends who rag on the Chicago police- most of us citizens know those people mugging for the camera and blaming cops in incidents like this are lying and making excuses for bad behavior such as what happened here. hurray for this good citizen's willingness to speak the truth in defense of our police for a change! it just feels better to see on the news that we are supporting one another as citizens and that we are supporting our police in these times of high crimes here! I'd love to know more about this guy, tv news people! and more about the female cop who to me is a real Chicago hero! even if the newspapers and the mayor so choose to not allow us to celebrate our genuine city heroes by giving supporters of criminals too much voice, and supporters of our heroes too little in our beautiful and beloved city of Chicago.
ban cars and this would happen
8/18/2012 05:28:00 PM
Well said nurse. One of the most well typed pieces I've ever read on here.
SCC, is there a way to print this nurse's post? My wife has been a nurse for 30 years, never worked the ER and just doesn't get it. I retired last year but quit trying to talk to her about my work day over 20 years ago. I always felt that ER nurses understood more because they had to deal with the same people we did. Said to say that nowadays it seems the police get very little cooperation or respect from ER staff compared to when I came on the job. I base my opinion on working patrol my entire career and being in ERs almost every day, at least several times per week.
8/19/2012 08:57:00 AM
1. highlight the text.
2. right click on text and select 'copy'.
3. open a new text document, right click with cursor on blank document field and select 'paste'.
That nurses' post should go viral on ALL media!!!! This is life as WE know it. I love that the truth is exposed in this post by someone other than the police because no one ever believes us police. This ER nurse AND the Sgt from 001st District are heroes to me. You rock!!
The knife wielding guy charged with four counts of attempt murder.
Its a job well done Sgt.
Pete Nickeas is a very thoughtful, principled reporter. You might be interested in his interview with the Gawker: http://gawker.com/peter-nickeas/
This blog post may be what ultimately got the NY media world's attention. Why doesn't Obama address the horrible level of violence in Chicago?
Why did he go to the hospital Sarge ?
Bullets used in the line of duty are free and you get a loaner while your gun is in the shop?
I know! Repeat customers?
Good work but there's always room.for improvement?
The Sgt did a good job on the scene after the police shooting. She is one hell of a Sgt. 001 is lucky to have her. Can you imagine shooting someone and than doing an awesome job quarterbacking the scene for incoming units. I'm glad she is on our team!
Sgt in 001 someone you should know ;)
Good work but there's always room.for improvement?
8/20/2012 04:38:00 AM
if it's worth shooting once, it's worth shooting twice.
and, if it's worth shooting twice, it's worth shooting thrice.
and.......
Chalkie
Why doesn't Obama address the horrible level of violence in Chicago?
8/20/2012 03:03:00 AM
because he's not a 'the buck stops here' kinda guy.
To 8-19 9:32PM...
This dispatcher is rude, has attitude and stands out like a sore thumb among her peers. Her tone is harassing..she could be civil in her responses, but chooses not to be.
The "chinaman" comment? I'm sure you're as knowledgeable about its origin as Chicago is corrupt. If this dispatcher is out of line, she should be disciplined, protection or no protection.
My opinion as a citizen.
1037am
to whom?
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