US Marshal, K9 shot by suspect during arrest in Belmont Cragin, police say

CHICAGO (CBS) A U.S. marshal and a K-9 were shot and wounded Thursday afternoon in the Belmont-Cragin neighborhood.

At 1:23 p.m., Chicago police officers and members of the U.S. Marshals Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force attempted to apprehend a wanted suspect in the 5200 block of West Belmont Avenue.

During the arrest, the suspect fired shots and wounded a U.S. marshal who suffered non-life-threatening injuries.

An American Marshal K9 dog was also shot. The condition of the animal remained unknown late Thursday.

A Chicago police officer returned fire but did not strike anyone.

Two people were arrested and the investigation is ongoing.

Police had blocked a stretch of Belmont Avenue between Laramie and Lockwood Avenue from 4 p.m. They focused their attention on the businesses and buildings on the south side of the street.

A large number of officers were also seen examining the alleys and gangways off Belmont Avenue.

Hickey talked to neighbors and witnesses. In fact, two witnesses regularly listen to police scanner traffic and tuned in right after the shots were fired.

“I’m not going to lie – we thought it was drugs or bandages – because that’s all that took over this area. But when they heard it on the scanner, it was like, OK, we have all these cops. to be shot – do you know what I mean? ” said a woman, Sue.

“It’s disturbing, because at the same time, you have kids running around and kids coming out of school and whatever – it’s not too late for kids coming out of school – and hearing this,” said witness Mohammad Kanan.

Kanan pointed out that this comes very quickly after a police officer in Chicago was shot and wounded in another part of the city.

“Just last night, a police officer in Englewood was shot,” he said. “So at first I was surprised that the next thing you know – add, added, was that a K9 was also shot.”

Meanwhile, our cameras at MedVet Chicago Veterinary Hospital, 3305 N. California Ave., captured a man we believe is a U.S. marshal with blood on his arm. The fire brigade states that he was not transported from the scene by ambulance.

The Chicago police officer who returned fire on the suspect has been put on routine administrative leave for 30 days. The Civil Police Bureau of Investigation will conduct a review.