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The sergeant said no one was going to shoot Bennett, followed by the 22-year-old yanking out the magazine and backing away while taking out the ammunition, Morrissey said. Other officers then arrived, and Bennett allegedly hurled a chunk of cement at a squad car before he was Tasered and taken into custody.
In September, the names of five officers were added Chicago’s Gold Star Families Memorial and Park, including four whose deaths were tied to COVID-19. Local FOP President John Catanzara, at podium, appeared at the dedication along with Mayor Lori Lightfoot, though the two have traded insults and lawsuits over the city’s vaccine mandate. (John J. Kim / Chicago Tribune)
According to a preliminary statement by police, tactical officers on patrol on West Hastings saw two males brandishing handguns. As the officers approached the subjects, one of them opened fire toward the officers. The officers returned fire, and one of males was struck, police said.
Alejandra Diaz helps resident Jean Pischke with her iPad at Elmhurst Extended Care Center, Dec. 22, 2021, in Elmhurst. Some nursing homes still have low COVID-19 vaccination rates for employees but this facility has all its staff members and all but one resident vaccinated, thanks in part to building relationships between staff and residents. (Erin Hooley / Chicago Tribune)
The family of 41-year-old Sebastian Abbinanti, right, who has been hospitalized with COVID-19 at Amita Health St. Joseph Hospital in Elgin, is seeking a court order that would allow him to receive treatment with ivermectin. His wife, Maria Abbinanti, 40, died from the virus this week. (Family photo / HANDOUT)
Jillian Anselmo, an assistant state’s attorney, and Stephanie Coelho, a victim witness specialist, sit in an office designed to comfort children with support dog Hatty on Dec. 20, 2021, at the Leighton Criminal Courts Building. (Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune)
“I asked that exact question two days ago to our medical people,” Donovan said Sunday before a game against the Los Angeles Lakers. “We’re around these guys. We’re all together. We’re in locker rooms, on planes. We’re in buses, we’re in huddles. And the response I got was, ‘Count yourself lucky.’ So I don’t think there’s anything as much as we’ve been very fortunate.”
In this image released by NASA, Arianespace’s Ariane 5 rocket with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope onboard, is rolled out to the launch pad, Dec. 23, 2021, at Europe’s Spaceport, the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana. (NASA/Bill Ingalls/AP)
Three women who were bystanders were also hit and taken to area hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries. After the shooting, 100 police officers were at the mall, he said, including SWAT teams, going store to store to look for the other shooter. Shoppers and employees took shelter in backrooms of stores as the search for suspects continued.
They’ve lost a washer, dryer, water heaters, clothes, bedroom furniture and countless things that were stored in their basement and damaged from the rainwater, she said. During heavy rains, they’ve used up to seven pumps to get water out of the basement and they are now on their second wet vacuum.