Two teenagers are facing charges after allegedly shooting the son of a Chicago police officer during an attempted robbery Saturday morning in Morgan Park.
Christopher Brooks, 18, and a 17-year-old boy are accused of holding up a 22-year-old man at gunpoint around 1:48 a.m. in the 11000 block of South Western Avenue.
The 17-year-old shot and seriously wounded the man who was the son of Chicago police officer, sources tell FOX 32. He was rushed to a local hospital where he was listed in fair condition with a gunshot wound to the chest.Brooks was arrested Saturday in the same block as his South Holland home, the 165000 block of Wasau Avenue. The 17-year-old was taken into custody roughly a block away from the shooting.
Brooks and his accomplice were each charged with two counts of attempted robbery with a firearm, one count of aggravated battery and one count of attempted first-degree murder.
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