Bright Future for This One

Another SAFE-T Act success story!

• A 19-year-old woman on pretrial release in a felony gun case tried to kill four Chicago police officers by repeatedly firing at them during a vehicle pursuit on the Southwest Side, according to prosecutors.

  Alexia Castellanos, of Bridgeview, was detained Friday by Judge Shauna Boliker on charges that include four counts of attempted murder stemming from the April 25 incident. She is the seventh person accused of killing or trying to kill someone in Chicago this year while on felony pretrial release.

  According to prosecutors, it all started around 1:12 a.m. when four Chicago police officers working in a tactical unit spotted a Dodge Charger parked in an alley in the 4400 block of South Mozart Avenue. As the officers approached, the Charger sped away, and the officers activated their vehicle’s emergency equipment and began pursuing it.

  During the chase, Castellanos allegedly leaned out of the passenger-side window and fired shots at the officers, then fired at them again moments later. Neither the officers nor their vehicle was struck, but a nearby parked vehicle was hit by a bullet, prosecutors said. 

After being charged previously with ::gasp!:: a gun crime, she got out, procured another gun, and used it to shoot at pursuing officers, from a moving vehicle AND while fleeing on foot after the vehicle rolled over.

No doubt she'll be out again shortly.