Chicago Police officer hit by car while chasing suspect in West Englewood after man was shot dead
CHICAGO (CBS) -- A Chicago Police officer was reportedly hit by a car in West Englewood during a foot pursuit of suspects in a shooting Monday afternoon.
Police said it all started at 3:25 p.m., when a 21-year-old man was standing in the 5100 block of South Elizabeth Street in Back of the Yards and a vehicle approached. Someone inside the vehicle shot the man, police said.
He suffered two gunshot wounds to the torso and was rushed to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
Meanwhile, the assailants then fled the scene and crashed in the 1900 block of West 57th Street, where three of the four were arrested, police said.
But in the 5700 block of South Damen Avenue -- not far from Lindblom Math and Science Academy -- a fourth suspect got into a car. When officers tried to take the suspect into custody, he sped up and struck and injured an officer, police said.
The suspect fled the scene and was later taken into custody, reportedly near 87th Street and Western Avenue.
The officer who was struck was stabilized at a local hospital.