(Sun Times Wire) An off-duty Chicago police officer fatally shot his son during a domestic incident early Wednesday in the Garfield Ridge neighborhood on the Southwest Side, according to a source with knowledge of the shooting. Rafael Flores, 23, was shot about 1:50 a.m. in a home in the 5600 block of South Nottingham, according…
(Sun Times Wire) After yet another bloody weekend in the city, Chicago Police Supt. David Brown had a response Monday for those who wonder if officers are doing enough: “We’re risking everything.” To date this year, a total of 65 police officers have been shot at, with 10 of those actually hit, Brown said. “There’s…
(Sun Times Wire) Two Chicago cops were shot and the suspected gunman was wounded by police early Sunday after a traffic stop in the Homan Square neighborhood on the West Side. The shooting happened at 2:33 a.m. in the 3300 block of West Polk Street after officers pulled over a vehicle that matched a description…
(Sun Times Wire) The male suspect was running west on 83rd when he turned around and began to fire shots at an approaching squad car, police said. A police officer returned fire. No one was hit. One person was arrested after allegedly exchanging gunfire with Chicago police officers Friday in Chatham on the South Side.…
(CBS) A Chicago police officer was shot in the Lawndale neighborhood early Wednesday morning. According to police, officers responded to a call of domestic disturbance at a third floor apartment in the 1300 block of South Lawndale Avenue around 3:45 a.m. As officers tried to deescalate the situation, the offender fired shots at police from…
(ABC) Three Chicago police officers and a carjacking suspect were shot and two others injured while arresting the suspect in the Hanson Park neighborhood on the Northwest Side Thursday morning, police said. Police said the officers were arresting a carjacking suspect at the 25th District station at 5555 West Grand Avenue when at about 9:40…
(CBS) A Chicago police officer was shot during a domestic disturbance overnight in South Austin. A call for help came in from Leamington and Ferdinand, after a man fired shots inside a home. Police said the gunman ran out, but came back in the house through a basement door. Police said the man shot the…
Warning Graphic Bloody Chicago Video: This Chicago police involved shooting of Unarmed 33-year-old Ariel Roman took place on February 28th at the CTA’s Grand avenue Red Line station.
The two cops involved in this shooting were deployed along with many other cops by the Mayor to stop the increased shootings and stabbings happening on Chicago’s Transit lines, and sadly ended up shooting an unarmed man.
(Sun Times Wire) A man who died Thursday afternoon after an encounter with police on the Northwest Side apparently suffered both a self-inflicted gunshot wound as well as one caused by police fire, authorities said. The deadly encounter began as a traffic stop about 12:30 p.m. near the 6000 block of West Wellington Avenue in…
(Sun Times Wire) A man convicted of killing off-duty Chicago Police Officer Michael Bailey in a botched car-jacking attempt nearly a decade ago was sentenced Thursday to life in prison. Before handing down the sentence for Antwon Carter, Cook County Judge Stanley Sacks pointed to multiple carjackings Carter committed in the weeks before and after…
(ABC) Three men are in custody after shots were fired at police Wednesday morning during a traffic stop in South Shore on the South Side, Chicago police said. According to police, around 12:05 a.m., officers on patrol requested assistance in an attempt to make a traffic stop for a black jeep in the 6900-block of…
(ABC) A suspect was shot by Chicago police during a chase Wednesday night in East Garfield Park, police said. Chicago Police Department Spokesman Anthony Guglielmi described the incident as an “armed encounter” between police and the suspect. According to Area North Deputy Chief Ernest Cato, officers were responding to a disturbance around 8:30 p.m. near…
(Sun Times Wire) A Chicago police officer who was shot by a suspected bank robber in Irving Park last week has been released from the hospital and is continuing his recovery at home. The officer, a 46-year-old man, was released from Illinois Masonic on Friday, according to Chicago police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi. He was shot…
(Sun Times Wire) A bank robbery in Des Plaines led to three people — including a Chicago police officer and a 15-year-old boy — being shot on the Northwest Side on Tuesday evening. The officer, a 17-year Chicago Police Department veteran, was shot in the head and was listed in serious-but-stable condition Tuesday night, according…
(Fox) A man is facing several attempted murder charges after allegedly shooting a Chicago police officer in Englewood and wounding a woman in a separate shooting in the Fulton River District. Michael Blackman, 45, was charged with four counts of attempted murder, Chicago police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said in a tweet Monday. Blackman allegedly shot…
(Sun Times Wire) An off-duty Chicago police officer opened fire on a possible burglary suspect in Hyde Park Wednesday afternoon, though it was not immediately clear if the person was struck by gunfire. Around 12:30 p.m., the 46-year-old officer was in the 5100 block of South Ingleside Ave. when he “interrupted what we believe to…
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(Tribune) Two police officers have been cleared of wrongdoing in the fatal shooting of an African American man in the Mount Greenwood neighborhood that sparked days of protests and unrest after a year of upheaval surrounding the release of video of Officer Jason Van Dyke shooting teenager Laquan McDonald 16 times.
The Civilian Office of Police Accountability found the use of deadly force in the fatal shooting of 25-year-old Joshua Beal by Sgt. Thomas Derouin and Officer Joseph Treacy was “within department policy,” according to a recently released report.
“All 18 shots fired by Officer and Sergeant occurred within a very brief timeframe, and the last eight or nine shots were fired within an even briefer period of time,” according to the report. Even if Beal was no longer a threat, there would not have been enough time “to perceive and process that the threat had dissipated,” the report said.
COPA found a “reasonable officer” in Treacy’s position “would have believed the use of deadly force was necessary to prevent death or great bodily harm to himself or another” given that Beal pointed a gun at the officer and others. In addition, Derouin was found to have fired his last round as Beal pointed a weapon at him, acting in accordance with department policy.
COPA issued a statement Tuesday night about the “extensive, exhaustive and thorough investigation.”
[Most read] A tale of lost love, mistaken identity, courageous single parenting — and bald eagles »“COPA recognizes the racially charged and tense nature surrounding the tragic events,” the statement said. “Video evidence captured Officer Treacy announcing he was a police officer after a Chicago Fire Department member was being beaten by several members of the group. Officer Treacy initially responded lowering and raising his weapon consistent with the advancement and de-escalation of the crowd. Video evidence does also display a raised weapon in the hand of Joshua Beal prior to the officers discharging their firearms.”
The shooting took place about 3 p.m. Nov. 5, 2016, at 111th and Troy streets in the Far Southwest Side neighborhood, a largely white enclave home to many police and firefighters.
Minutes before firing gunshots, an off-duty Chicago police officer called 911 and gave a dire warning about an escalating road-rage incident. Soon after, Treacy and Derouin — both white — fired shots and killed Beal after he grabbed a gun from a car and tried to fire on them, according to authorities’ account of the shooting.
Beal and several family members were driving down 111th after a funeral for a relative who had been killed in Indianapolis, where Beal resided. According to police, their cars had been weaving in and out of traffic before stopping in a fire lane. An off-duty police officer told the mourners to move, leading to an argument and confrontation as an officer was assaulted, authorities said. Beal went to a black Dodge Charger, grabbed a gun and pointed it at one of the officers, according to police. Beal pulled the trigger, but the gun didn’t go off, authorities said, and the officers shot him.
Beal suffered eight gunshot wounds — to the abdomen, right shoulder, upper right chest, right groin, back of his left thigh and the lower back, along with graze wounds to the right forearm and the top of his head.
Neither officer was involved in a shooting between 2010 and 2015, according to a database of police shootings maintained by the Tribune.
In a separate case, Treacy is cooperating with investigators and is expected to testify against two indicted Chicago gang cops, according to a Monday court filing.
Beal’s family filed a wrongful death lawsuit in July 2017, claiming the officers used excessive force and their actions were “severe and outrageous.”
According to the lawsuit, Treacy exited his vehicle and “aggressively” drew a weapon, and “pointed it at many African American individuals (who) were unarmed.” The suit said the officer was “not in reasonable fear of his life,” and was yelling and screaming obscenities, leading Beal to pull out his gun because he feared for his life.
Beal put the weapon away, the lawsuit claimed, but Treacy and another officer fatally shot him. Police have said Beal didn’t put the gun down.
After the shooting, dueling protests between supporters of the police, largely white, and those decrying the shooting, mostly black, began. Uniformed cops surrounded a small group of mostly black activists as some police supporters shouted racial slurs and insults, the Tribune reported, and the crowd broke into chants supporting the police.
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(ABC) A man was fatally shot by Chicago police officers after a barricade situation that prompted a SWAT response Wednesday near the University of Chicago in Woodlawn on the South Side. A man called police about 10:15 a.m. to report that his son, who had bipolar disorder, was armed and distraught at a home in…
(Tribune) A man has died after his shooting led to a gun battle between Chicago police and the suspects Friday night in the Humboldt Park neighborhood. A 25th District tactical car was on patrol about 8:20 p.m. near Lawndale Avenue and Division Street when officers in the car saw a man getting shot and the…
