Chicago police shoot person who entered 10th District station lobby with gun
CHICAGO (CBS) -- A person was shot by police inside the Chicago Police Department's Ogden (10th) District station lobby on Wednesday after he allegedly entered with a gun and waved it at officers.
In the wake of the incident, police were looking to beef up security.
CPD Superintendent David Brown said the male suspect entered the lobby of the police station, at 3315 W. Ogden Ave. in the Lawndale neighborhood, with a plastic bag wrapped around his hand just before 1 p.m. It appeared to officers that the barrel of a gun was protruding from the bag. Brown said the suspect was mumbling and ranting.
Officers told the suspect to drop the gun. Brown said the suspect shouted and expressed "anti-police sentiments" at officers, although he declined to give more details on what the person said.
Brown added that multiple officers drew and fired their weapon, hitting the suspect at least once in the shoulder.
One male civilian was transported to Mt. Sinai Hospital with a gunshot wound, according to a Chicago Fire Department official. Brown said the suspect's injuries were non-life threatening.
No officers were hurt during the incident. Brown said police have not identified the suspect and described him as uncooperative.
CPD spokesman Tom Ahern said one offender is in custody and that his condition had stabilized. He added the "offender's" gun was recovered at the scene.
The Civilian Office of Police Accountability announced it was responding to the shooting. Anyone with information related to the incident is asked to call the COPA office at 312-746-3609.
The officer or officers involved will be placed on routine administrative duties for 30 days.
It was just two weeks ago when a Waukegan man was charged after allegedly broke into CPD's Homan Square facility and grabbed guns while officers were conducting SWAT training.
Brown said the department is contemplating what more can be done to increase security at CPD facilities.
"The number of officers being shot at or shot, and this anti-police sentiment expressed by this particular offender, has us all concerned about access to our police facilities," Brown said.
The incidents have Chicago Police evaluating what to do to heighten their security.
"If you look at some other police facilities around the country, they have some type of ballistic translucent glass or barrier," Brown said. "We have to balance that with being obviously open for the community to come in and make reports; come in and engage with our officers, so it's a balance we have to strike - but there are some things we believe that we can do."
Police late Wednesday still had not identified the man officers shot at the station. Earlier, Brown said the man was not being cooperative, and they did plan on running his fingerprints through their database to see if they can identify him that way.
