Man charged with attempted murder of Alsip cop in Mt. Greenwood crash
A man who was shot by an Alsip police officer early Wednesday in the Mount Greenwood neighborhood has been charged with trying to run the officer over with a Cadillac.
Jamal Campbell, 25, was charged with attempted first degree murder of a police officer, according to Cook County court records.
The officer saw a Dodge Charger and a Cadillac driven by Campbell drag racing just after 2 a.m. in the David Estates neighborhood of Alsip, according to prosecutors and a statement from Alsip Police Chief Jay Miller. During a search for the vehicles, the officer pulled into a parking lot for an apartment building in the 4000 block of 115th Street in Chicago and found two people inside the Cadillac.
The officer used his marked squad car, with its light activated, to block the Cadillac into the parking lot, prosecutors said. He and his partner then got out of the squad car and told Campbell and his passenger to raise their hands.
When they did not put their hands up, the officer drew his gun and repeated the command, according to court records. The passenger complied while Campbell “crouched down and would not show his hands.”
Campbell then put the Cadillac into reverse, backed up slightly, and then accelerated forward toward the officer, prosecutors said. The officer stepped back and fired a shot at Campbell in an attempt to stop the Cadillac.
The Cadillac then crashed into the squad car and pushed it back several feet, authorities said. When both vehicles came to a stop, Campbell “continued to accelerate causing the vehicle to spin its tires and swerve back and forth.”
Campbell “began making multiple movements within the vehicle” and the officer fired a second shot, which incapacitated him, according to court records.
Campbell was shot twice in the shoulder and was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn in serious condition.
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Woman set on fire dies 2 months after West Pullman attack
Stephanie Smith, 52, died Thursday morning nearly two months after her boyfriend allegedly poured gasoline on her and set her on fire in the West Pullman neighborhood on the Far South Side.
Smith told investigators that her boyfriend had poured gasoline on her and lit her on fire sometime on Aug. 6 in the 12200 block of South Morgan, authorities said. She refused to give investigators his name or any further information at the time. The attack was being investigated as an aggravated domestic battery.
It was not immediately clear Friday afternoon whether detectives have since identified a suspect or made an arrest in the case, police said.
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DCFS investigates death of 10-month-old
Authorities are investigating the death of a 10-month-old baby girl last month in the South Shore neighborhood.
About 10:07 a.m. Sept. 26, the girl was pronounced dead at Metro South Medical Center in Blue Island, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
She died from an unknown incident at her home, 6757 S. Paxton Ave., the medical examiner’s office said. The results of an autopsy conducted Sept. 27 were pending.
The Illinois Department of Child and Family Services is investigating the girl’s parents, a spokesman said.
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Woman fatally stabbed in N. Lawndale
A man was arrested after fatally stabbing a woman Friday in the North Lawndale neighborhood on the West Side.
At 7:14 a.m., the 37-year-old woman was found with her throat slashed at 4149 W. Cermak Road, according to Chicago police.
She was pronounced dead at 7:27 a.m., according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. Her identity was not immediately released.
The man was in custody Friday night with charges pending, police said.
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