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CBS News
02-06-2025
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- CBS News
Man charged with hitting police officer with pickup truck on Chicago's Northwest Side
A man was facing multiple felony charges Sunday night after police said he hit a Chicago police officer with a truck in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood. The man was shot and wounded by Chicago police in the incident. Carlos Sanchez-Roa, 28, of Hammond, Indiana, was charged with one felony count each of attempted first-degree murder, aggravated battery to a peace officer, and aggravated assault on a peace officer. Police said just after 2 a.m. Saturday, police were called for a battery in progress and shots fired outside a business near Belmont and Central avenues. An employee told officers that during a large fight, someone had fired a gun and directed them to the person, a 28-year-old man, who was getting into a red pickup truck. As officers approached on foot and ordered the man out of the vehicle. He refused and accelerated the vehicle in their direction, hitting an officer, police said. The officers then fired their weapons at the truck as it continued to leave the scene. Responding officers found the truck in the 3200 block of North Menard Avenue a few blocks away, where the man, who had been hit by the officers' gunfire, was on the ground near the vehicle, suffering from gunshot wounds to his body. The man was arrested and taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center in critical condition. Police said a weapon was recovered from inside the truck. Police said Sanchez-Roa was due in court for a detention hearing on Monday.
Yahoo
01-06-2025
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- Yahoo
COPA investigating shooting by police in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood
A person was shot by Chicago police early Saturday morning in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood after allegedly striking an officer with a red pick up truck, according to Chicago police. Police said that around 2:10 a.m. on Saturday officers responded to a call of a battery in progress and shots fired at a business establishment in the 3100 block of North Central Avenue. An employee told officers that during a large fight outside of the business, a person fired a gun. The employee directed police to the suspect, a 28-year-old man, who was getting into a red pickup truck. As police approached the truck and ordered the suspect to step out, police said that the suspect refused and allegedly struck an officer with the vehicle, police said. Officers then fired their weapons at the vehicle as it fled the scene. Responding officers found the truck in the 3200 block of North Menard Avenue in Portage Park, where the suspect, apparently struck by the officers' gunfire, was found on the ground near the vehicle. The suspect sustained gunshot wounds to the body and was transported to Illinois Masonic Hospital in critical condition. A weapon allegedly was found inside the suspect's vehicle. Police said that the Civilian Office of Police Accountability is investigating the specifics of the shooting. The officers involved will be placed on routine administrative duties for a minimum period of 30 days.
Yahoo
01-06-2025
- General
- Yahoo
COPA investigating shooting by police in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood
A person was shot by Chicago police early Saturday morning in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood after allegedly striking an officer with a red pick up truck, according to Chicago police. Police said that around 2:10 a.m. on Saturday officers responded to a call of a battery in progress and shots fired at a business establishment in the 3100 block of North Central Avenue. An employee told officers that during a large fight outside of the business, a person fired a gun. The employee directed police to the suspect, a 28-year-old man, who was getting into a red pickup truck. As police approached the truck and ordered the suspect to step out, police said that the suspect refused and allegedly struck an officer with the vehicle, police said. Officers then fired their weapons at the vehicle as it fled the scene. Responding officers found the truck in the 3200 block of North Menard Avenue in Portage Park, where the suspect, apparently struck by the officers' gunfire, was found on the ground near the vehicle. The suspect sustained gunshot wounds to the body and was transported to Illinois Masonic Hospital in critical condition. A weapon allegedly was found inside the suspect's vehicle. Police said that the Civilian Office of Police Accountability is investigating the specifics of the shooting. The officers involved will be placed on routine administrative duties for a minimum period of 30 days.
