By Caroline Kubzansky, Tess Kenny, Sam Charles
Chicago Tribune
CHICAGO — An individual was taken into custody Monday afternoon hours after a Chicago police SWAT workforce officer was shot throughout a barricade state of affairs within the Albany Park neighborhood, in accordance with the Chicago Police Department.
CPD officers went to the 4600 block of North Springfield Avenue about 11 a.m. after a person shot a girl earlier than barricading himself inside with one other girl and a 13-year-old lady, interim CPD Superintendent Fred Waller mentioned Monday afternoon outdoors Illinois Masonic Medical Center.
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Officers initially responded to stories of an individual shot. When they arrived, they discovered a 67-year-old girl had been critically wounded. Officers administered lifesaving measures on the scene whereas they waited for an ambulance to reach, Waller mentioned. As police waited, they decided that two different individuals, a teenage lady and one other girl, had been being held contained in the residence by the male suspect.
Waller mentioned police are investigating whether or not the girl held inside was the suspect’s girlfriend.
Responding officers known as for a SWAT workforce, which tried to breach the door of the residence. The suspect opened hearth by way of the door and struck one of many officers in his decrease stomach.
Meanwhile, officers on the scene continued to barter with the suspect, who in the end let the girl and teenage go. Waller mentioned the girl and teenage had been “battered” and had been taken to Stroger Hospital for non-life-threatening accidents.
The wounded officer, geared up with a bullet-proof vest, was transported to Illinois Masonic, the place he was instantly taken to surgical procedure. Waller mentioned the officer was anticipated to make a full restoration and was being visited by household. The officer has been with CPD for about 20 years, and with the SWAT workforce for at the least 12, Waller mentioned.
Hours after the capturing, the suspect surrendered himself to police, Waller mentioned. Police didn’t give the age or identification of the suspect however mentioned they had been wanting into whether or not he had prior home incidents.
Police consider the girl who was critically injured was the mom of a kind of held hostage.
“It is unfortunate that domestic violence exists in the way that it does in this city,” Mayor Brandon Johnson mentioned on the convention. “But we are grateful that our Police Department , as well as our SWAT team in particular, were able to deescalate the situation.”
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