Police: Suspect Killed, 3 Officers Hurt in Chicago Shootout
CHICAGO— A shootout between Chicago police and a suspect during a drug investigation on the city’s West Side left the suspect dead and three officers wounded, authorities said.The officers were rushed to Stroger Hospital late Monday for treatment of ...
Chicago police officers on the scene where three officers were shot in the 3700 block of West Polk Street in the Homan Square neighborhood of Chicago on Monday, March 14, 2016. The police officers sustained injuries that were not life-threatening, according to a police spokesman. Chicago Police Department spokesman Anthony Guglielmi tweeted that the officers were taken to a hospital Monday night. (Nuccio DiNuzzo/Chicago Tribune via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT, CHICAGO SUN-TIMES OUT, DAILY HERALD OUT, NORTHWEST HERALD OUT, DAILY CHRONICLE OUT, THE HERALD-NEWS OUT, THE TIMES OF NORTHWEST INDIANA OUT, TV OUT, MAGS OUT, NO SALES
CHICAGO—A shootout between Chicago police and a suspect during a drug investigation on the city’s West Side left the suspect dead and three officers wounded, authorities said.
The officers were rushed to Stroger Hospital late Monday for treatment of injuries that are not life-threatening, according to police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi.
The shooting occurred as several police officers were investigating reported drug activity in a residential area of the Homan Square neighborhood, Guglielmi said. The officers observed a man and a woman acting suspiciously and decided to investigate further, announcing their presence, he said.
The pair fled, with police giving chase. The man ran into a gangway between two buildings and opened fire in the direction of the officers, hitting three of them multiple times, Guglielmi said.
Chicago police officers on the scene where three officers were shot in the 3700 block of West Polk Street in the Homan Square neighborhood of Chicago on Monday, March 14, 2016. Nuccio DiNuzzo/Chicago Tribune via AP
