Police shoot, kill suspect who shot two people, fired at police, barricaded himself in Ford City apartment
CHICAGO (CBS) -- Police shot and killed a man who shot two people, fired at police, and barricaded himself inside an apartment near the Ford City Mall on the Southwest Side.
The suspect shot a woman in the 4200 block of West Ford City Drive around 1:15 p.m., police say. She was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn in critical condition.
We don't know the relationship the gunman had with the victims, but police told CBS 2's Jermont Terry there was some type of quarrel – and when they arrived at the scene, they found the woman bleeding from a gunshot to her neck.
When officers arrived, the shooter fired shot at the police, but no officers were hit. Officers did not fire back at that point, police said.
Police tried to get the man to surrender, but he refused. The shooter then barricaded himself inside an apartment. Police determined the gunman was holding a 78-year-old man hostage inside the apartment, whom he also shot.
The shooter also shot a second person, who was transported to the hospital.
Officers eventually shot and wounded the barricaded suspect, and he was also taken to the hospital.
After about a two-hour standoff, SWAT moved in. The gunman was shot and later died.
Officers found an elderly man bleeding from a gunshot to the shoulder at the scene.
The Civilian Office of Police Accountability was investigating late Sunday, as per standard protocol whenever police shoot someone.
