A 19-year-old 'known gang member' has been charged with shooting a west suburban police officer, a Cicero spokesperson said Monday.
Two are in custody after an undercover Cicero police officer was shot and seriously injured Saturday near 35th Street and 61st Court, officials said.A 19-year-old "known gang member" has been charged with shooting a west suburban police officer, a Cicero spokesperson said Monday.
The officers told the driver to move the vehicle before beginning to drive away, a spokesperson said. That's when 19-year-old Giovanni A. Saldivar, who was speaking to someone inside the double-parked vehicle, fired at the officers. One officer, shot in the back, was transported to Loyola Hospital in serious but stable condition, police said. The second officer was unharmed.Backup officers responded to the scene and took Saldivar and a second person into custody.
Saldivar has been charged with two counts of Attempted Murder of a Police Officer, Aggravated Battery-Use of a Firearm, and Aggravated Discharge of a Firearm.The injured officer, a 29-year-old man, has served with the Cicero Police Department for just under five years. He was released from the hospital on Sunday afternoon.
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