A man has been charged after Chicago Police Officer Fernanda Ballesteros was shot while attempting a traffic stop in West Englewood, CPD said.
Edwardsin Burlington, Iowa and was extradited back to Chicago earlier this month, police say.
The car they were attempting to stop at first sped off, Brown said, then came back around and slowed down so they could pull up parallel to the officers' car. Then, someone opened fire, striking the female officer, who was the driver of the squad car. Ballesteros' partner jumped into the driver's seat and rushed her to University of Chicago Hospital, Brown said.An officer seriously injured in a West Englewood shooting was released from the hospital Monday.
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