Chicago Police Officer Accidentally Shoots and Injures 2 Colleagues

U.S.|Chicago Police Officer Accidentally Shoots and Injures 2 Colleagues

Two Chicago constabulary officers were changeable and injured — seemingly by 1 slug — connected Wednesday nighttime aft a 3rd serviceman accidentally discharged his handgun during a conflict with a antheral portion investigating a homicide, officials said.

The serviceman fired his limb once, and 1 serviceman was struck successful the limb and different successful the shoulder, David Brown, superintendent of the Chicago Police Department, said during a quality conference.

It was “likely a done and done for 1 serviceman into different officer,” Superintendent Brown said. The serviceman who fired his limb was not injured, the superintendent said, adding, “Obviously it’s precise traumatic to person accidentally person this happen.”

The 3 officers were not instantly identified. The injured ones were taken to MacNeal Hospital successful Berwyn, Ill., a tiny metropolis conscionable extracurricular Chicago, and they “seem to beryllium successful decent, bully condition,” the superintendent said.

The occurrence began astir 9:15 p.m. connected South Lake Shore Drive successful Chicago, wherever officers spotted a car that “license sheet scholar technology” linked to a homicide investigation, Superintendent Brown said.

The operator traveled astir 15 miles westbound to a state presumption successful Lyons, Ill. At the station, a antheral exited the conveyance and was surrounded by constabulary officers, Superintendent Brown said. A conflict ensued.

During the confrontation, Superintendent Brown said, “one of our officers who has his handgun retired during this conflict has an accidental discharge of his weapon, apt striking 2 of our officers.”

The antheral who struggled with the officers and different occupant of the conveyance were taken into custody. They were not instantly identified. A limb was recovered from wrong the vehicle, Superintendent Brown said.

The constabulary did not merchandise further accusation connected the transportation betwixt the 2 radical taken into custody and the homicide probe that touched disconnected the pursuit.

“We’re pursuing up connected their connection,” Superintendent Brown said.

The serviceman who fired his handgun volition beryllium reassigned to administrative duties portion the shooting is investigated, Superintendent Brown said, calling the reassignment modular procedure.

The shooting comes arsenic Chicago, which has struggled to incorporate weapon violence, has experienced an summation successful shootings this year. There person been much than 2,800 shootings successful the metropolis done the mediate of October, a 9 percent summation from a twelvemonth earlier, according to police data.