Dem City’s Police Dept Allegedly Shoots Multiple Gun-Touting Intruders In Back-To-Back Weeks
Trevor Schakohl on October 6, 2022
An armed gunman broke into a Chicago Police Department station Wednesday, just nine days after the department reportedly shot a separate suspect for breaching another facility and grabbing weapons, local authorities said.
The alleged suspect, whose name was not released, entered the city’s 10th District police station with a gun before being shot in the arm, Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown announced. No officers were hurt in the incident, and the alleged suspect sustained non-life-threatening injuries.
In a separate incident, police purportedly shot convicted felon Donald Patrick Sept. 26 after he allegedly climbed to the building’s fifth floor and grabbed three guns, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. Patrick was charged with burglary and aggravated battery of a police officer.
BREAKING: Police involved shooting in @ChicagoCAPS10 station. No Officers injured. One offender in custody and transported to Mt. Sinai Hospital. Stable condition. Offender’s gun recovered on scene. IRT on scene.Additional details to follow. @Area4Detectives #ChicagoPolice pic.twitter.com/66eYpOFC7F
— Tom Ahern (@TomAhernCPD) October 5, 2022
Prosecutors stated Patrick allegedly went to the building’s main entrance, inquired about retrieving personal property, climbed a fire escape after an officer found he had no earlier Chicago arrests, and entered the building, according to the outlet.
“This very likely may have been a mental health episode,” Patrick’s public defense lawyer stated in court on Sept. 28, the Sun-Times reported.
Chicago Democratic Alderman George Cardenas remarked Sept. 12 that the city’s public safety was “a joke,” adding, “Why bother calling police?”
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