Chicago shoplifter shot dead by police after firing on security guard and a police officer


Dramatic video shows moment a shoplifter is shot dead by Chicago cops after he opened fire on a Home Depot security worker and shot a police officer in the shoulder

  • The suspect was allegedly trying to rob at a Home Depot in Chicago on Thursday
  •  The police officer was shot in the shoulder while pursuing the suspect on foot
  • The Home Depot security guard was shot in the head and is still being treated 

This is the dramatic moment a shoplifter was shot dead in Chicago police after he fired at a security worker and shot a police officer in the shoulder on Thursday. 

The suspect was allegedly attempting to rob a Home Depot store near the Brighton Park neighbourhood, Chicago, when he was confronted by the shop’s security guard at 4pm. 

The footage shows the suspect firing on police, who were called to the scene, after he had injured the Home Depot guard. 

In the video, a police officer can be seen gaining access to the garden, next door to where the suspect is shooting from behind a car.  

Standing on a pile of outdoor items, the officer shoots the suspect from close range. 

Once the suspect is down, the officer clambers over the fence separating the two gardens and is joined by a swarm of police. 

This is the dramatic moment a shoplifter was shot dead in Chicago police after he fired at a security worker and shot a police officer in the shoulder on Thursday

This is the dramatic moment a shoplifter was shot dead in Chicago police after he fired at a security worker and shot a police officer in the shoulder on Thursday

The police officer who was shot in the shoulder was released from hospital on Thursday evening. 

His fellow police officers stood to attention and saluted as he was wheeled out of the the Mount Sinai medical centre wearing a hospital gown and helped into a waiting car. 

The 9th District officer was shot while pursuing the suspect on foot from the Home Depot store in the 2400-block of West 46th street, SuperIntendant David Brown said in a press conference. 

Police then blocked off a residential area of 46th Street between Western Avenue and Rockwell Street.  

The Home Depot security officer, who is in his early 50s, is still being treated for his wounds at the University of Chicago hospital on the south side of the city. 

Police said the guard had been shot in his head. 

The suspect was reportedly attempting to rob a Home Depot store near the Brighton Park neighbourhood, Chicago, when he was confronted by the shop's security guard at 4pm

The suspect was reportedly attempting to rob a Home Depot store near the Brighton Park neighbourhood, Chicago, when he was confronted by the shop’s security guard at 4pm

Police then blocked off a residential area of 46th Street between Western Avenue and Rockwell Street

Police then blocked off a residential area of 46th Street between Western Avenue and Rockwell Street

Police have blocked off a residential area of 46th Street between Western Avenue and Rockwell street.   

Officers were seen going door to door asking residents about what they had witnessed on Thursday. 

Thursday’s incident brings the number of Chicago police officers shot in the line of duty in the last two weeks up to four, and the total for the year up to 16.  

Brown said: ‘I get questions all the time about what is the department doing about violence, what are we doing about the shootings, what are we doing about the homicides. What we are doing is risking our lives every day to protect this city’.  

‘But here in Chicago … it’s the idea that cops are putting their lives on the line every day and it seems that these offenders are acting with impunity and yet with hyper-criticism, officers continue to run toward danger.’ 

An investigation into Thursday’s shooting is ongoing. 

Thursday's incident brings the number of Chicago police officers shot in the line of duty in the last two weeks up to four, and the total for the year up to 16

Thursday’s incident brings the number of Chicago police officers shot in the line of duty in the last two weeks up to four, and the total for the year up to 16

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