DEVELOPING STORY: One Chicago police officer is dead and another is fighting for his life after being shot during a traffic stop on Saturday night.
Both officers were rushed to the University of Chicago Medical Center. A number of Chicago police officers gathered outside the hospital as they waited for information late Saturday.
The Fraternal Order of Police, Chicago Lodge #7, tweeted “Lord, please look over these two Officers, keep them and every Officer out in the 8th District safe tonight. This career of service we all chose is one of sacrifice, but please Lord, not tonight. Not tonight.”
The fallen officer has not yet been identified at the request of her family. She had served on the police force for three-and-a-half year. Her partner, had more than six years on the job.
I’m asking Chicago to wrap their arms around our police officers today,” the police superintendent said during a Sunday morning press brief.
Three thugs have been arrested for the horrific crime.
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Dispatcher: “Ok, listen to me, take that vest off right now and start compressions, start breathing, whatever you got to do, start it now.”
— Willie Gillespie (@wgweather) August 8, 2021
736: “Compressions started almost 15 minutes ago”
Officer shot in the head and unconscious, 63/Bell@SPOTNEWSonIG #ChicagoScanner #Chicago pic.twitter.com/4PunHeEAFu
Dozens of Chicago police officers gathered outside of University of Chicago Medical Center pray after two officers were shot tonight in West Englewood.
— Tahman Bradley (@tahmanbradley) August 8, 2021
WGN-TV will interrupt programming to bring you a briefing from CPD as soon as it happens. pic.twitter.com/mUSahnTrjc