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Yahoo
25-05-2025
- Yahoo
2 charged for trying to hit officers with car, police say
Two people were charged with aggravated battery and attempted murder for allegedly trying to strike two police officers with a vehicle in the Austin neighborhood, Chicago police announced Sunday. The first suspect, 38-year-old Joseph Howard of Chicago, is facing two felony counts of aggravated battery of a police officer and two felony counts of resisting arrest. The second suspect, 24-year-old Keyana Wells of Bolingbrook, is facing two felony counts of attempted first-degree murder and one felony count of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. Police said that on Wednesday, around 3 a.m., officers observed two people standing next to a vehicle wanted in a carjacking in the 200 block of South Cicero Avenue. As officers attempted to place those two suspects into custody, one suspect allegedly got into the vehicle and attempted to strike the officers with the vehicle. Both suspects fled the scene, traveling northbound. Police said that no one was struck, but one officer sustained minor injuries and self-transported to an area hospital for treatment. The suspects were arrested Friday in the Garfield Park neighborhood and placed into custody. They are expected to appear in court Sunday.
CBS News
25-05-2025
- CBS News
Woman charged with attempted murder after attempting to hit 2 CPD officers with car
Woman charged with attempting to hit CPD officers with car on West Side Woman charged with attempting to hit CPD officers with car on West Side Woman charged with attempting to hit CPD officers with car on West Side A woman was charged after trying to hit two Chicago police officers with a car in the Austin neighborhood last week. Keyana Wells, 24, was charged with two felony counts of attempted first-degree murder and one felony count of aggravated battery with use of a deadly weapon. Joseph Howard, 38, was also arrested and charged with two felony counts of aggravated battery to a peace officer and two felony counts of resisting arrests. Chicago police said the on Wednesday officers attempted a traffic stop when Wells attempted to hit them in order to prevent arrest while driving in the 200 block of South Cicero Avenue. The two were arrested on Friday in the 4400 and 4500 block of West Lexington Street. They are scheduled to appear at a detention hearing on Sunday. No further information was immediately available.
