Shooting.....and More

Police shooting in 011:

• Chicago police shot a man suspected of shooting at them after he was confronted for drinking alcohol Saturday night at a Lawndale parking lot.
  
  The man was in critical condition after suffering a gunshot wound, according to a statement from Chicago police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi.
  
  In a press conference after the shooting, deputy chief Al Nagode told reporters the man was believed to be about 40 years old and was expected to survive his gunshot wound.

And a Deputy Chief told reporters exactly what needs to be said, over and over again:

• “The officers are doing what we’re asking them to do — make sure if there are any parties or large crowds they get out and investigate,” Nagode said.

If you want crime to consistently go down, then you need to support police when they are doing what needs to be done....and that means stopping people breaking the law. How hard is it to go drink in your own back yard? The police don't stop you then.

Meanwhile, in Englewood:

• Four people were hospitalized, including one Chicago police officer, after a man was shot while driving and went the wrong way down a street Sunday morning in Englewood.
  
  Around 3:20 a.m., the 23-year-old man was driving a Hyundai Santa Fe in the 1200 block of West 73rd Street when a bullet struck him in the foot, according to Chicago police. He fled the shooting by going south on Ada Street, which was the wrong way.
  
  The Hyundai crashed into a Chicago police squad car driving east on 74th Street, police said. An officer from the vehicle was taken to a hospital, and his condition was stabilized.

Cops should be okay.

Not to be outdone, the west side steps up:

• A dozen people were injured, including ten Chicago police officers, in a multi-vehicle crash Saturday night in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side.
  
  Around 10 p.m., two Chicago police vehicles — a van and an unmarked SUV — were involved in a crash with several other vehicles on Division Street and Laramie Avenue, according to Chicago police.
  
  Ten officers were taken to a hospital nearby, and a man and a woman, both civilians, were transported to Norwegian American Hospital, police said. All 12 were expected to survive.

Best wishes to all of the injured. Hopefully, not all from a single unit, otherwise there are going to be shortages.