3 CPD officers attacked by dogs in West Garfield Park; woman in custody
CHICAGO (CBS) – Sunday was a rough morning for Chicago Police. Officers are now looking into the circumstances of two separate incidents that sent four officers to local hospitals. Both happened within 20 minutes of each other on the city's West Side.
In the first incident, at 11:45 a.m. in Humboldt Park, an 18-year-old man was near the sidewalk when he was shot in the hand, arm and stomach.
It happened in the 4700 block of West North Avenue. While on scene, CBS 2 crews noticed a car with a shattered back window, busted outside window and several shell casings next to the vehicle.
Police say the victim in that incident was taken to Stroger Hospital in good condition.
The Chicago Fire Department says one officer was transported to a local hospital, but Chicago Police say he was not shot.
Then, at 11:22 a.m. in the 4000 block of West Wilcox Avenue in West Garfield Park, three Chicago Police officers were hurt in a dog attack. Police say officers were conducting an investigation when a woman attempted to intervene. During this time, an unknown person released two dogs.
Police say the dogs bit the three officers. One officer shot one of the dogs.
All three officers were taken to an area hospital in good condition. The condition of the dog is unknown.
The woman was taken into custody.
Cell phone video provided by people who live in the neighborhood shows a couple of people in the alley. One person with two dogs can be seen walking across the alley.
Dogs are barking and then gunshots can be heard.
Brenda Cunningham says her daughter let her know her son was being arrested. She went outside to find out why and saw the officer shoot the dog.
"The dog wasn't trying to attack nobody," Cunningham said. "I'm not even going to lie. They wasn't trying to attack none of those officers. The officer fell on that ground and the officer came up with that gun. They had the dog on the side. So why would the man disarm his gun? You got people standing all outside. You could have hit anybody."
As for the shooting, police say no one is in custody. And for the three officers who were bitten by the dog, they say charges are pending for the woman who was arrested.