Police Shooting

We were always told 020 was a "retirement" District:

• Chicago police fatally shot a man in Arcadia Terrace late Tuesday after he dragged an officer while trying to flee in a stolen vehicle that investigators had been watching, according to CPD. The department said the officer who was dragged suffered minor injuries.

  A tactical team from the Lincoln (20th) District was watching a stolen BMW in the 5700 block of North Washtenaw Avenue when a second car pulled alongside the stolen vehicle around 10:25 p.m., according to a preliminary statement from CPD.

  According to CPD, two men got out of the arriving sedan and moved toward the stolen BMW. Tactical officers moved in to investigate. One of the men returned to the driver’s seat of the sedan, and officers ordered him to get out, but he refused and struggled with them, CPD said.

  During the struggle, the man allegedly accelerated the car with an officer still partly inside. Police said the officer fired a single shot, striking the driver, and the vehicle then collided with an unoccupied parked car. The officers pulled the man from the seat and began medical treatment until Chicago Fire Department crews arrived, CPD said. He was taken to Illinois Masonic Hospital and pronounced dead. His identity has not been released.

Officer is going to be fine, aside from the five different "oversight" committees trying to further demonize the police while making excuses for the assailant/criminal.

Good job Officer.