$1M bail for man accused of shooting 2 uniformed Chicago cops at West Side hot dog stand
A judge ordered a $1 million cash bail on Sunday for a South Side man accused of opening fire on two Chicago police officers and wounding both after his handgun fell to ground in front of one of the officers.
Harris-Caldwell, 24, of Chicago’s Burnside neighborhood, faces two counts of attempted murder of a police officer after he allegedlyin the 3800 block of West Harrison Street early Friday. During the hearing broadcast on YouTube, prosecutors echoed the narrative of the shooting as first given by police Superintendent David Brown, saying that Harris-Caldwell dropped a handgun with an extended magazine while he was standing in line in front of one of the officers.
The wounded officers gave dispatchers a description of the gunman, and Harris-Caldwell was arrested a short time later hiding under a truck in a commercial lot nearby, authorities said. In addition to the handgun, police recovered six bags of suspected cannabis and 26 bags of suspected heroin, according to Papa.
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