A man has been charged with attempted murder after shooting at Chicago police officers and crashing his car during a chase Monday morning in the Gresham neighborhood.
A man has been charged with attempted murder after shooting at Chicago police officers and crashing his car during a chase Monday morning in the Gresham neighborhood.Sedrick Griffin, 31, fired shots at officers in a marked squad car around 6:15 a.
m. in the 7500 block of South Peoria Avenue, according to the Chicago Police Department. No officers were hit in the shooting or returned fire.Griffin then got into a black Nissan SUV and fled the scene. Officers pursued Griffin until he crashed into two parked cars near the intersection of 76th Street and Union Avenue. Griffin tried to run away after the crash but was taken into custody. Police recovered a gun from the scene. Two officers were taken to a local hospital for observation but have since been released.Griffin was charged with 11 felonies:He was also charged with driving on a revoked license and causing bodily harm with an uninsured motor vehicle, both misdemeanors. In addition to the charges, Griffin was issued two traffic citations.The video below is from a previous Fox Chicago report on the shooting.Griffin has been arrested in Chicago 10 times since 2014, with the most recent charge coming in 2024 for unlawful use of a weapon by a felon and resisting/obstructing a peace officer.He has a detention hearing scheduled for Wednesday.
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